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two things come to mind:
A friend who is making a good living as a character actor here in LA. He has often said something like, "When people say they want to be an actor, what they usually mean is they want to be famous. People who really want to act, act. They act in community theatre, in workshops, for indie films, they go out and act regardless of who will see it or how much it pays." Same applies to music, I think. If you want to be a musician, go and find ways to be a musician. If you want to be a rock star, that's a very different thing.
A prof at school who was teaching after several years on the road with different artists, "Everyone gets their break. If you hang around in this industry long enough, somewhere, sometime, a door opens or a call comes. The guys who make it are the guys who recognize the break for what it is, and who have the skills that the gig demands when the call comes."
True enough.
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