Wealth & Money Quote by Jamie Muir

Money is the least romantic villain in rock history, and Jamie Muir treats it with the flat, learned resignation of someone who’s watched “the big moment” die on an invoice. The opener, “Anyway,” is doing heavy lifting: a shrug that compresses disappointment into a single syllable, the kind of protective casualness musicians develop when plans collapse so often they stop sounding like tragedies and start sounding like weather.

The quote’s real subject isn’t a deal that “fell through,” but the emotional economy of hope. Muir frames optimism as a cost center: “don’t waste your time getting your hopes up.” That’s not cynicism for its own sake; it’s a survival tactic in a scene where talent is abundant and stability is rare. Notice the tight, almost parental logic: don’t believe something “until it actually happens.” It’s a rule built from being sold possibilities by managers, labels, venues, and even bandmates - a quiet indictment of an industry that runs on promises and pays in delays.

Then the tonal pivot lands: “We broke up for various reasons, but it was a good band.” The vagueness (“various reasons”) protects the human mess while refusing the gossip hook. What he chooses to name is the work. “Jim and Don produced some magical music” is a little elegy, a way of rescuing meaning from failure. The subtext is generous: projects can implode, people can drift, money can vanish - and the art can still be real, even lasting.