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You've got to sing like you don't need the money.

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

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

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

I love to sing random stuff. That's exciting for me.

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.

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

I love singing fun songs; I've built a career on them.

There's a time in everyone's career where you go, 'Ah, this is hard - how long am I going to have to do this?' But the rewards are so great. Who gets to go on the podium and hear the national anthem? The whole nation singing! Money can't buy you that.

I really sing songs that move me. I'm not in show business. I'm in the communications business. That's what it's for me.