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This isn't about the money. This is just for me. I love music.

You know, I never did music for money. I did music to hear myself in the club, and to hear my creation on the radio.

I always tell people, 'The music's free. I get paid to travel.'

Just as infinite access to free music ultimately leads to no one making a living at music anymore, free journalism just doesn't pay for itself - particularly not when a search engine is serving all the ads.

Kids are taking music for free all the time. They have Spotify, Pandora... The record companies aren't making the kind of music that they used to make. Artists make their money on tours, not from album sales.

Everyone has learned how to monetize music except the music industry.

I never expected to make a lot of money from music.

I've said it before and I'll say it again: I don't think music should be free.

Most of the music you hear on the radio today is developed for making money. It doesn't feel true or honest. You can feel it in the music.