I have been playing /experimenting with music since very young... And my parents have never been really supportive of that and my friends rather laugh at my stuff than be encouraging.
I never intended to have any success with my shit and I never think of it.
I just do music. I write songs, compose, record, cook beats, rap, play the guitar, sound design just for the sake of doing it. I know I should focus on just one if I wanted to get any good at it. But that's not what I'm after.
I'm only after the feel of freedom I get in front of a blank daw. And I'm not letting the urge to please other people take that freedom away from me.
To some people here, music is part of their job or they are trying to get there. And I wish making music was my full-time job as well. But I know that's not happening. Making music is like breathing, it's something I need to do. I have never asked myself "should I stop?"... Being bad at it doesn't even mean anything. I do it cause that's where my fun is.
I like it if people enjoy my music. I'm flattered of course, but there's no way I could change what I do to get more of it. I couldn't if I tried.
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