At the end of the day, a playback singer has to depend on live shows as their source of income.
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For an individual, playback singing is not enough to sustain a career, and it is not really a main source of income.
The life of a singer is you have to pay your bills. You have to take a gig.
I do work a lot. I mean, most of my income, I would say, comes from live performances. And then you've got publishing, you've got record royalties.
Royalties are not how most writers or musicians make their living. Musicians by and large make a living with a relationship with an audience that is economically harnessed through performance and ticket sales.
If you become famous and don't have a live show to back it up, they're not going to pay you any money.
Acting kind of pays my bills more than music does.
It never dawned on me at any particular time of my life that people are paid tremendous money to sing.
Every performer wants to sing live. That's what I live for.
At one time there were voiceover artists, now there are celebrity voiceover artists. It's unfortunate because these people need the money less than the voiceover artist.
And if I don't sing, I don't get paid.
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