Real musicians have day jobs.

“Real Musicians have Day Jobs.” is probably my favorite bumber sticker I’ve ever seen.

You can’t really replace Musicians with anything else.

“Real Artists have Day Jobs.” No… That won’t work. If artists have day jobs, they would be a sell out to their peers. They won’t get any respect from their own industry. (I shouldn’t use the word “industry” with “artists” for obvious reason, but…)

Actually, haha, there’s no other right-brained professions I could think of that could replace Musicians. Musicians are specific enough, but not too specific, artsy enough but not too commercial, and easy enough to be ones, but not too easy so that everybody can be one.

I wonder if a painter gets instant satisfaction painting something for himself without showing it to anybody. I know musicians actually get that satisfaction just playing for themself. They get some kind of adrenaline rush or a dose of endorphine while playing it and after they’ve finished the songs.

Musicians play because they want to… simple as that.