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Nowadays you need so much money to be able to launch a new artist, notably in America; you would hardly believe the sums involved.

Artists change how we see the world - and that can have value in the way people do business.

Artists shouldn't deal with business stuff; that's not what we're trained in, and most of us aren't good at it.

We, the artists, make the stuff they sell and they're like ticks on our backs, sucking the life out of us.

You don't make any money being an artist. Writing and producing? You get your money from that. You live comfortable.

You start to become successful, and everybody starts to drive your money train to the bank, and they're not thinking anymore about what you want as an artist or if any of that even matters to you. It genuinely upsets people in my life that I don't care about money, and that's not my problem.

I don't think there's any artist of any value who doesn't doubt what they're doing.