"Pay your bills and stay hell out of debt. If I could have paid myself all the money I've paid out in interest over the years, I'd be retired already."
What confused me is "If I could have paid myself all the money I've paid out in interest over the years,I'd be retired already."
Could anybody help me ?
The speaker is talking about the 'amount of money' paid as interest.
Interest (money): money that is charged by a bank or other financial organization for borrowing money
The sentence is spoken informally and with little humor. He wants to say that one should stay away from debt. Because he has paid a lot of interest to the finance company/bank. If that amount of money (the interest) is paid him back, he'd do no work and will be retired.
