I do pay performance royalties on others' songs I perform live, but I'm not recording these songs and putting them up for sale.

Songs are not on a conveyor belt. I'm not chopping them up and putting them out.

I don't have to pay royalties for the Microsoft engine which can save me as much as $6 to $7 per package in fees.

For some artists the live performance is the chicken before the egg of writing or recording of repertoire. For other artists the writing or recording of repertoire is the chicken before the egg of live performance.

All these non-singing, non-dancing, wish-I-had-me-some-clothes fools who tell me my albums suck. Why should I pay any attention to them?

Someday I hope to write a book where the royalties will pay for the copies I give away.