Anyone who thinks being creative is not a real job has another thing coming. We've all heard the cliche of the starving artist. No, it is not absolutely necessary to suffer severe deprivation in order to create art. To a truly commited artist, art is not a job or a career but a calling. It is almost like entering the ministry, especially if done for the right reasons.
Music is the most spiritual artform.
In tribal cultures, it is the Shaman who has the spiritual experience and shares it with the tribe. He often lives alone, spends much time in prayer and meditation and foregoes creature comforts and traditional social relationships to be a healer and sage for the good of the tribe. In our complex society we don't have Shamans. Leo Feathers is a legendary Shaman. His name is high in the lexicon of contemporary music of this region.