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Own every note I sing and sell it. Make a connection to the audience. That's what it comes down to, you know?

I'm trying to sell every audience something; that something is me.

Despite whatever commercial kind of success you might have or radio success, I don't want to do something just to get as many people as possible to listen.

I'm always put in the unfortunate position of asking people to donate money and people I know in bands to play benefit concerts and all this stuff.

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.

The only thing that I demand of the audience is that they listen to what I'm saying. Other than that, they owe me nothing. They don't owe me a thing.

You have to be willing to deal with the ups and downs of the music, the ups and downs of the audience.

As an individual doing a podcast, you don't get even remotely rich. It's not something to do for money.

I don't need anybody to market or promote me. If people don't want to hear this music, then it's not for them. You cannot please everybody.

This is a business built on promotion. We've been giving music away to radio stations for 30 years.