"I guess the nicest thing about being, I won't say famous but being popular is a more proper word for me to use would be that if you've got a recognizable name, a lot of times you can get people to do things for you ordinarily that you wouldn't get done."

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Night

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Money

"'Cause I can make more money going in and doing my recordings and selling them through my entities that I have, rather than going to a record co. and them release a record and pay me 5 percent of what they make off it."

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"I try to stay ahead of things, if you know what I mean. I take the money I make and reinvest it."

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"I had some airline stock, but the airlines tanked. I didn't have a lot of money in them, though."

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"All I want to do is do my shows and play golf."

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"When a record co. finds a guy now, they want to own everything. They want to own the rights to market that person's particular name. They want a piece of the action all the way through."

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