Art and money are closely related. Try sitting down with a group of artists and ask them what's on their mind. Very quickly the topic shifts to money. And it can be very hard to get them off that subject.


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I was trying to make the web more civil. I was trying to make it more elegant. I got rid of anonymit...
DAVE EGGERS
Gang violence in America is not a sudden problem. It has been a part of urban life for years, offeri...
DAVE REICHERT
It's all very boring to say that we get along great and all that and sometimes we mock up come a...
DAVE EDMUNDS
To an adolescent, there is nothing in the world more embarrassing than a parent.
DAVE BARRY
American consumers have no problem with carcinogens, but they will not purchase any product, includi...
DAVE BARRY
Violence and smut are of course everywhere on the airwaves. You cannot turn on your television witho...
DAVE BARRY
In terms of personalities - I don't care about the personalities, I want leadership that's i...
DAVE BRAT
I became a war hero before going on to critical acclaim as a professional victim.
DAVE PELZER
Gravity is a contributing factor in nearly 73 percent of all accidents involving falling objects.
DAVE BARRY
When you please others in hopes of being accepted, you lose you self-worth in the process.
DAVE PELZER
Your modern teenager is not about to listen to advice from an old person, defined as a person who re...
DAVE BARRY
I work 338 days a year, 16 hours a day.
DAVE PELZER
At a family's most difficult time, I want to make sure at a minimum that they have the very basi...
DAVE REICHERT
It's tough to go to sleep at night, and I wake up after five hours because I feel like I'm w...
DAVE GROHL
I taught myself how to play the guitar, I taught myself how to play the drums, and I kind of fake do...
DAVE GROHL
There's poetry in being the band that can sell out Wembley but also makes a record in a garage. ...
DAVE GROHL
My mother was a public school teacher in Virginia, and we didn't have any money, we just survive...
DAVE GROHL
Through Kurt I saw the beauty of minimalism and the importance of music that's stripped down.
DAVE GROHL
Singing into a microphone and learning to play an instrument - learning to do your craft - that'...
DAVE GROHL
My songwriting is like extending a hand to the listener.
DAVE GROHL
I stopped doing drugs when I was 20. I was finished with drugs before Nirvana even started.
DAVE GROHL
In this day and age, when you can use a machine or computer to simulate or emulate what people can d...
DAVE GROHL
I've experienced great things, I've experienced great tragedies. I've done almost everyt...
DAVE GROHL
Wow, I get to wake up again? Ok. You have to make good with what you've got.
DAVE GROHL
I think people should feel encouraged to be themselves.
DAVE GROHL
When you're young, you're not afraid of what comes next. You're excited by it.
DAVE GROHL
Your personal history is a part of what happens with your hands and your head as you play music.
DAVE GROHL
When there's so much left to do, why spend your time focusing on things you've already done,...
DAVE GROHL
There's always gonna be rock n' roll bands, there's always gonna be kids that love rock ...
DAVE GROHL
If there's one thing I'm good at, it's gathering people together to do something fun.
DAVE GROHL
Guilt is cancer. Guilt will confine you, torture you, destroy you as an artist. It's a black wal...
DAVE GROHL
My children were taught at an early age how money works and that it comes from hard work. They'v...
DAVE RAMSEY
You can only be young once. But you can always be immature.
DAVE BARRY
Geographically, Ireland is a medium-sized rural island that is slowly but steadily being consumed by...
DAVE BARRY
I care about what the fans feel.
DAVE MUSTAINE
One of my first records that I heard was 'Wish You Were Here' by Pink Floyd.
DAVE MUSTAINE
I am interested in politics.
DAVE MUSTAINE