Philip Glass didn’t earn a living
17th July 2016 | for Creatives | creating isn't easy, artists, music, writing, the creative life, T.S. Eliot, Kurt Vonnegut, Elle Luna, Philip Glass |
"The author T.S. Eliot was also a banker. Another writer, Kurt Vonnegut, sold cars. One of the greatest composers of our time, Philip Glass, didn’t earn a living from his calling making music until he was forty-two. Even as his work was premiering at the Met, he worked as a plumber and renewed his taxi license, just in case."
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