Life has its price, and one way or another; we will all pay for it. In 1966, I went to see a clairvoyant called, 'Madame Faye'. Her prediction of the death of president J.F. Kennedy brought her worldwide recognition. For me she predicted, "'You will be successful with your music, but only after a long hazardous journey, and you'll have to sacrifice everything for it.
For most musicians, it's usually a case of playing for fun. Some play professionally, and others make the 'Big time'. I take the view,that a real musician is rarer still. He doesn't play to survive—he survives to play.
My only credentials for having this point of view are some thirty years playing on the pub and club scene and still gigging strong.