Frank Zappa: Portrait Of The Artist As A Businessman
Paul Phillips, Rob Partridge, Cream, January 1972
"IF youre making £10 a night, youll be screwed. When youre making £1,000 a night, youll still get screwed... only youre being screwed for more." A rather simplified assessment of the economics of being a rock star, but, unfortunately, an assessment which too many artists can back up with experience. Unless...
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