Livelihood Struggle Quotes

From the time I was twelve I was dancing for bread and butter, but in my heart I was always an actress.

I write a tiny fraction of what I used to write. My only job used to be to just write songs, and that was a really nice job to have, but only a tiny amount of people heard those songs, and I didn't make a living from it, and eventually I begged my parents to let me move back into my room.

No one wants to work for little money; otherwise, they would be living on the streets.

If it takes seven days to make a living, you ought to be doing something else.

You know I hate fighting. If I knew how to make a living some other way, I would.

For anyone who has that calling and is trying also to make a living at it, it is really hard.

Doing music to pay bills is an uncomfortable situation. I never wanted to be in that situation.

For instance, twelve men are struggling for employment in a trade where there is only room for eight ; four are driven out of that trade, but they are not trampled out of existence. A good deal of competition merely decides what kind of work a man is to do though of course when a man can only do one kind of work, it may easily become a struggle for bare life.