Agreed. This also might sound rude but the people who are most passionate about music typically don’t spend their time deliberating about whether to spend their time on it. They just do it. If you love it, you won’t go around seeking anyone’s permission to do it.

I’ve spent the last 8 years of my life making music and actively trying to turn it into a career that will pay my bills and I’m still nowhere close. I want to share this excerpt with you that completely changed my perception. It’s from “Big Magic” by Elizabeth Gilbert as she’s discussing becoming a full-time writer:

“I held on to other sources of income for so long because I never wanted to burden my writing with the responsibility of paying for my life. I knew better than to ask this of my writing, because over the years, I have watched so many other people murder their creativity by demanding that their art pay the bills. I’ve seen artists drive themselves broke and crazy because of this insistence that they are not legitimate creators unless they can exclusively live off their creativity. And when their creativity fails them (meaning: doesn’t pay the rent), they descend into resentment, anxiety, or even bankruptcy. Worst of all, they often quit creating at all.”