I feel like I need to give people a note with the book that says, 'I'm OK, no worries!'
You are still lucky - you have a certain type of people who keep buying your music - but then you can get typecast and have to keep making that same music, and you can change only slightly. It's risky to bounce around and change your type of music.
The real test of friendship is: can you literally do nothing with the other person? Can you enjoy those moments of life that are utterly simple?