If you're in enough demand you won't be able to work for free for everyone, and then you can start naming your price. But it's still dependent on "your passion

If you're in enough demand you won't be able to work for free for everyone, and then you can start naming your price. But it's still dependent on "your passion" being in demand in that sense, which is a fragile thing. There's a lot of demand for some musicians, and almost none for most of them.