One tends to overlook the fact that all during the 30's and actually during the late 40's I was a highly successful writer and a great many properties accumulated during that period of time. ↗
There were very, very large sums of money that I made when I was very young - 15 million published works and a great many successful movies don't make nothin'. ↗
The one thing I've learned in the last ten years is that successful artists don't get paid to write and sing songs, they get paid for the psychological roller coaster they're going to have to ride. That's the hard work. ↗
I'm the Latin artist who has been the most successful in history at representing the Latin culture. The stylings of my words are immodest, but it's the truth. ↗
I think if you're able to make the music you want and you can do it in the right kind of context, you don't have to be a circus ringleader to be successful. ↗