Why is Roger Waters richer than David Gilmour?

There are two reasons. The first is the way that royalties are awarded for songs. Take the Animals album. It’s 42 minutes long. 17 minutes of that is made up of a song called ‘Dogs’. According…   Top stories for {NAME} [Quora](   [Why is Roger Waters richer than David Gilmour?]( Thomas Hinde, Addicted to Pink Floyd since I was 14. • [Answered April 8, 2018]( [There are two reasons. The first is the way that royalties are awarded for songs. Take the Animals album. It’s 42 minutes long. 17 minutes of that is made up of a song called... Read more » [Upvote] 1.1K [Comment] 141](   [I have heard doing a PhD has a very low ROI. Under what circumstances is this true and not true?]( Tom Stagliano, Senior Aerospace Engineer (studied at MIT) • [Answered May 21]( [Return on Investment???????????????????????????? I know a Lot of Engineering and Science people who earned their PhD in their fields. Some with a MD-PhD Not a single one spen... 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I'm curious, since music used to be recorded, mixed and mastered on analogue tape before it was pressed on vinyl.]( Bill Otto, Audio & Video Recording Enthusiast since the 1970s. • [Updated May 21]( [My hearing used to be pretty good back in the 1970s and I have been an audiophile since the 1960s. Your question is very general. You don’t specify which vinyl. So I may be ... Read more » [Upvote] 109 [Comment] 20](   [Is there a fake Rolex that is so perfectly made that it can't be spotted?]( Bob Wilson, Whats wrong is wrong. • [Answered June 13]( [I was at my cousin's place for Christmas, we were having beer, and he showed me his new Rolex watch, I knew Rolex was water proof, so I dropped it in my beer glass. It immed... Read more » [Upvote] 426 [Comment] 141](   [Why does it take a publisher almost 2 years to get a book printed and out for sale?]( Jo Roderick, worked at Publishing • [Answered January 2, 2018]( [I wasn’t planning to answer this until I read so many excuses. I thought you would probably have some balanced views, but it seems that is not the case. My opinion might ma... Read more » [Upvote] 163 [Comment] 22](   [Why are Ukraine's drones becoming ineffective against Russia?]( Nikolai Karlovich, knows Russian • [Answered February 4]( [Russia has neutralizes drones using electronic warfare and various other methods which had turned Ukrainian drones ineffectiveness. At the same time Russia is also improvin... Read more » [Upvote] 79 [Comment] 36](   [Is Linux dead? Why?]( Helgi Briem, Linux and Unix user and professional sysadmin since 1991 • [Answered April 12]( [Dead? About 95% of the computers in the world are Linux. That’s how “dead” it is. Almost all web servers, everywhere in the world, are Linux. There’s a mere handful of Windo... 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Read more » [Upvote] 102 [Comment] 29](   [What is the song "Cotton Eyed Joe" about?]( Michael Balmforth, former D.J at Radio • [Answered May 24]( [“ I would have been married a long time ago but she gave me syphilis!” is basically the truth of what this song is about. If you don’t believe me then Google it. Rednex actu... Read more » [Upvote] 128 [Comment] 32]( [Read more in your feed]( Never miss a story. Designed for readers on the go.   [Download on the App Store]( it on Google Play](   Missing out on Quora emails? Be sure to add us to your primary inbox. This email was sent by Quora (605 Castro Street, Mountain View, CA 94041). If you don't want to receive this type of email in the future, please [unsubscribe](.