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When I look at how fortunate I've been, being a musician... my response to being overpaid is that I should pay it back to my community in some way.

Rich countries can afford to overpay for things.

You cannot have a society where you spend more than you earn. I mean, it's just fundamentally not viable in the long run.

I'm a big believer that when we put so much into our jobs - and everyone does - you deserve to be get paid for it instead of doing a gig and then having to work in a bar for eight hours.

A huge segment of the country has always felt overtaxed. In 1938, when taxes were roughly 17% of income, a 'Fortune' survey found that nearly half of all Americans thought they paid too much relative to what they got in return.

There is nothing wrong with wanting pay for work, or seeking to maximize one's income, as long as one does not use means that are destructive.

When I want to do something badly enough, I do it, but there is a practical side of me that thinks I should be paid fairly.

It's like you work with people, and based on the size of the budget, you sometimes can't pay them what they deserve.

If you are spending too much, you cut back on spending and you raise your revenues. And that's it.

When you're on the way up, you have to take all the jobs because bills have to be paid.