Kris Kristofferson Quotes

I work so I don't need to make rent through my songs, and I think if more people engaged with music without needing it to provide for their welfare, you're not beholden to anyone.

Yeah, I like to be the maker of the art. And I like and want the money. But I don't really dig being famous.

My perception of life is not to ask Francois Hollande, who isn't the father of my children, to support me financially.

Money gives you the power to do whatever you want to do. I like the idea of being in complete control of my life.

I came of age believing that, no matter what happened, I would always be able to support myself.

Either you live by the barometer of the music critics, or you live by your own. I choose the latter.

Stand up for yourself and fight for your right to be the artist that you want to be. There's plenty of pressure from outside; people tell you how to dress and how to sing or what to sing, but I always felt like if I'm going to fail or succeed, I want to do it on my own terms.

I've been wanting to produce for some time because I want to have more creative control over the things that I do and not be victim to the whims of other people's desires.

I genuinely have to work - I don't have enough money not to. But the last thing I would want is to be looked after.

When I was doing something on someone else's dime, I was inclined to try to anticipate what they wanted. I knew that wasn't what an artist was supposed to do. In funding my own music, I found my voice.

I've always decided that I would never be dependant on a man.

This work thing really has a specific purpose for me, which is to be an independent human being who doesn't rely on a guy or a family to be able to support myself. It's not about showing somebody that I'm successful. It's about having a wider breadth of option.

I want everything that I've worked for to go into my pocket. I want all my money to come to me. I'm very much hands-on with my career, and I like to do what I want in the studio - I don't like being told, 'do it this way' or 'do it that way.'

Self-sufficiency is vitally important to my self-respect. I never wanted to rely on my parents in that way, because I knew that if I got used to it, I'd be reliant all my life.

I always liked having my own money and buying my own stuff. I didn't want to depend on somebody to do it for me.

I try to go through my life not owing anything to anyone.

I'm 100 percent in control of my artistry, music, and finances.

A lot of women feel it's a man's world. Some people think all you need to do is marry a rich guy, and you don't need to do anything with your life. I would hate that. I don't care whether he has money or he doesn't, because I don't need it, and that's a good feeling that I don't have to worry about that.

The writer must earn money in order to be able to live and to write, but he must by no means live and write for the purpose of making money.

A free life cannot acquire many possessions, because this is not easy to do without servility to mobs or monarchs.

I'm proud that my clients are working to support themselves and those who depend on them.

The money I've earned has enabled me to keep my life in my own hands. I had a terrific body, and I got paid for using it.

There are some parents who have really done it right and told their kid, 'You know, we have this dough, none of this is for you. You have to get your own.'

Even though I wasn't sure I could make it as an indie, almost immediately I felt as if a weight had been lifted off me. To be as independent as I am and to be able to support myself is incredibly satisfying. Everything I want to do myself, I can.

Unless you have financial resources of your own, you can't be free.