According to Steve Aoki .
At first, money will be tight.
“In the beginning, we were getting $20-30 a show. We would work our fucking jobs and pay our fucking bills and like, earn enough money so we can get back on the road, we actually lost money on the road. We did it because we fucking loved it. There's no daddy's checks paying for this shit — just getting together and doing what you love to fucking do and doing whatever you can to get by. That's the world I started in.”
You'll be forced to nap in odd places.
"I came from a background of touring where the lifestyle was absolutely flipped from what I’m doing now. Right now, I’m being driven by a driver in a comfortable seat. And I flew on American Airlines to get here in first class. I’m not trying to say like, 'Oh, I’m balling.' I’m just saying where I came from — I’ve toured with a band in my car and we slept in it for weeks. I was sleeping in the driver’s seat pulled over on the side of the road. We would sleep on any basement we could find and never get a fucking hotel room, because we could never afford it."
