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.
There can be a fundamental gulf of gracelessness in a human heart which neither our love nor our courage can bridge.
The dream doesn't lie in victimization or blame; it lies in hard work, determination and a good education.