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I shall stand for freedom of thought and expression in a place where it has been trampled and penalized. ”
I went to visit my father to tell him that I was going to go to college and become an architect - that was my dream. I was like, yeah I graduated from school, but it's not like you showed up for that. But all he was worried about is whether or not I wanted money from him. ”
I was, like, 17 years old, making more money than my parents. ”
What I love about YouTube is that you don't need brands to pay you, because you get paid off the views. When I put effort into YouTube, I directly see money back. ”
I moved to L.A. at 17, and for the fist time, I had to realize that if I run out of money, I'm moving back to Ohio - and I didn't want to do that at all. ”
I went from a playing in a bar on a bar stool for free beer and tip money, where people weren't paying attention to me, to now I've got their attention. It's up to me to what I feed them with my music. It's up to me how I do that. I've put a lot of thought into how great the songs are, and how I want people to perceive me. ”
Whenever I did have a lot of money, I got in trouble. ”
Big money causes me too much trouble with my ex-wives and the government. All I want is to keep busy and to be comfortable. ”
I waited all those years for a title shot, and when I finally got it, I had to pay $20,000 for the opportunity. My purse was only $18,000. So to make money, I had to bet $10,000 on myself at 8-5. That was how it was in those days. ”
From the beginning, make no mistakes, I'm a prizefighter and doing this for the money. Money first. And then championships. ”