>fuck getting paid; I'm doing this (making music) because I love doing this. It shows passion, commitment to their craft, and a true level of artistry. And it

>fuck getting paid; I'm doing this (making music) because I love doing this. It shows passion, commitment to their craft, and a true level of artistry. And it also shows that they're either already successful, already rich, or somehow able to avoid any kind of steady expenses. I'd love to do research in software. I don't care about making CRUD apps over and over, there are tons of things I'd like to experiment on and I bet at least one of them would end up benefiting others. But I'll likely never get to do any of this stuff because work demands the monopoly of my time and my wife and kids fight over what's left.