When I was 16, I had already graduated high school but wasn’t quite ready for college due to the age gap so I started a punk rock band. Toured around the east coast with my band mates. Met a relatively successful musician and asked how he is able to earn a living making music.

His response still resonates with me after 30 years.

It’s the same for starting a winery: “If you want to make $1M, start with $10M.”

He basically said the same only it was the record labels that footed the bill. I enrolled in college the end of that summer.

Moral of the story, don’t be on the fence. Commit. The part about it being a business, fact. That’s the only way you’re going to make a living with your art.