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The wage for most musicians is a modest amount, and that includes me some of the time.

I am so blessed that all I've done in my professional life, since I was 17-18, is play music and somehow make a dollar here and there.

I've hit a point where my big luxury is getting to work on the things I want to work on. That's my hobby. It's being able to do a movie like 'Chef,' where you don't get paid, where you get paid scale, but you get to do exactly the movie you want to do. To me, that's worth more to me than whatever money I would have gotten paid.

I worked full time jobs, basically doing manual labor until I could make enough money supporting myself as a musician.

I've paid for more pianos in hotel lobbies than you can imagine.

I always wanted to be a full-time musician. Every television job I had was a means to buy a grand piano, or to put in a recording studio, or something like that.

I used to play flute and clarinet at school, and although I wasn't thinking about making a living or getting a pay cheque, I already knew I was going to play music all my life.

I'm not great with money. I'd go crazy if I were left to my own devices. My mum and girlfriend sort it out. I'm not driven by it, but I love to be generous.

The only things I make money on are speeches and books.

I'm a kid for a living: I get to play the piano for a living.