Sunny:

In innumerable threads passim (and not just here) for 10 years and at after-gig whinge fests for the past 20, many an artist has had a great deal to say and I do not know personally of any who think it is a 'lost cause'. You do them a great disservice by saying casually that they should just abandon their life's work as though it lacked artistic value and importance.

I repeat: it's not just the money.