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To live as an artist requires hard work or some extraordinary good fortune to come your way.

But I really want to be an artist, so therefore I have to live a little bit like a monk.

It's really hard to make a living as a musician. It's almost impossible.

I have to live authentically at all times. And that's part of what makes me an artist. I'm not scared to do that.

Maybe it sounds like I'm splitting hairs here but I don't wanna perform for a living, I wanna live for a living.

I'm really not good at anything else, so if I don't make it as a musician, I'll probably just end up living in the woods with a bunch of dogs.

I always wanted to be an artist, but I didn't really know how someone could make a life out it.

I always knew that I was an artist. I never expected to be able to make a living.

I would love to be able to pursue music as a career but honestly, I'm just not good enough.

Then in college, besides economics, I also majored in studio art and got involved in photography and making short films and acting. But I didn't know you could make a living that way.