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You've got to pay me to leave my house, spend the night in hotels and fly in airplanes. That's what I get paid for. Playing I actually do for free.

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

When I travel too much, it affects the music, and that is the most important thing. As long as I make good music, I can play shows, but if the music starts getting bad, the show offers won't come.

People see you on television, and they think you make the same amount of money that Clint Eastwood does. But this is PBS. All these shows are done for free.

When I was in college, every summer I would work for free at a theater.

So I do have to work, you know, and I find as many movies and TV shows that I can, because otherwise I wouldn't have an income.

At the end of the day, the TV show is the best job in the world. I get to go anywhere I want, eat and drink whatever I want. As long as I just babble at the camera, other people will pay for it. It's a gift.

Being an actor is well paid, but it's a bit like being a circus traveler.

If you become famous and don't have a live show to back it up, they're not going to pay you any money.

I travel around the world constantly promoting my projects and endorsing products. Yes, I do get paid to go to parties; in fact, I'm the person who started the whole trend of paid appearances. But when you see me at a party, I'm always working or promoting something.