Katie Melua Quotes

I remember hearing, back in the day, so-and-so got a deal, and bands are spending the money. Some of them live in the old days, where money is coming in and budgets are endless, but bands have to pay that back. Some bands just don't realize that.

For resourceful tech founders, finding capital is rarely a problem; making the best use of it is another story. A few years slinging pepperoni pies and chicken wings - on tiny margins and with minimal investment - might not be the worst fiscal training.

I did a record with a producer, and the good producers eat up the budget, so I didn't have any budget left to produce this record. I had to produce it myself.

There seems to be an inclination among rock musicians to be very carefree with money, but I negotiate the best flight and hotel deals on our tours to maximise the band's income - I don't want too see too much taken off the top line.

And one thing about Mick Jagger is he keeps his eye very closely on not only where the dollars go but where the pennies go.

You learn at a certain point that you have to focus on the business side of music. After getting ripped off a couple of times, you figure out that you need to get a grip on it.

Managing university finances is very tricky business. We're nonprofits. We're not supposed to accumulate large surpluses.

Any idiot can make money. Keeping money, very few can do.

I was embarrassed when a businessman friend asked, 'What's the yearly budget of your talk show? What's the per-episode budget?' And I looked at him with these blank, typical-model eyes and said, 'I don't know.' I call myself a businesswoman, and I don't know that?

Know the business; you need to know the business side of things.

Musicians burn through more cash than the Federal Reserve.

A pile of bills and statements - whether paid or not - is a sign that someone is clueless about what's coming in and going out.

It is incumbent upon each of us to improve spending and savings practices to ensure our own individual financial security and preserve the collective economic well-being of our great society.

Everybody has to look after their own economy and follow the rules.

I don't think we should label budgets even before the budget is presented.

I'm very aware of my spending, but I'm not very aware of my income. There are certain times when I speak to my accountant, or something will pop up, and I'll be like 'oh' but it's not really a frontrunner in my head.

You spend a billion here and a billion there. Sooner of later it adds up to real money.

There must be some flexibility in the budget. You cannot have too much discipline.

A behemoth budget does not mean there is much discretion in allocating it.

It hath been observed in the nature of Arithmetick, that like other parts of the Mathematicks, it doth not only improve the Rational Faculties, but inclines those that are expert in it to thrifiness and good Husbandry, and prevents both Husbands and Wives in some measure from running out of their Estates, when they have it always ready in their Heads what their expences do amount to, and how soon by that course their ruine must overtake them.

Budget drives everything that we do.

A budget must be more than a ledger sheet. It should have a heart and serve as a blueprint for a better quality of life for all residents.

Show me your budget and I’ll describe your strategy.

If poor people are spending their own money, it is amazing how fast they will figure out how to keep a lid on medical bills.

I've made a payroll. I know what it's like to execute a business plan. I know what it's like to expect the proper return on investment... and I know you can't spend your way out of debt.