what is his point, if it's not that you shouldn't [use skills you have] for the sake of money?
You should be interested in an art because you want to. And for music, there is so much loving competition, you'd have to either be one of the best goddamn musicians on the earth, or offer something literally no one else does to be "wealthy" like Pie Crust is misguidedly attempting. Playing music because you want to make money is a waste of your time. People don't do that. They play music because they love music. I guarantee you that the punk band had more fun that one night playing that PC probably has in his long time of playing for money. The only people making big money in music are pop artists (who, by the way, most of which don't even write their own music, they are performance artists) or the people working behind the music, such as mix engineers and producers. I'm not saying don't use your skills to make money, my original post never said that. The key word I put is "for the sake of". Don't get into music expecting to make money. Get into music because you love music and use your skills thereof to try and make it. But do it for the sake of music.
