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And if I don't sing, I don't get paid.

I don't just sing for free. It's my work. You're paid for what you do. And I work hard.

The life of a singer is you have to pay your bills. You have to take a gig.

Singing as a full-time job was not something I had given a lot of thought to and I had no clear notion of the money to be made in it.

I'm gonna sing, and I'm going to make me a lot of money.

Even if I don't have the money to take vocal lessons, I'll practice in the house by myself singing out loud.

It never dawned on me at any particular time of my life that people are paid tremendous money to sing.

It's not that you want to sing, it's that you have to sing.

I could stand in the street and sing and get enough to pay the bills. I don't need millions of dollars.

Singing is an arduous business and it needs sacrifices.