Winning the Pulitzer is not that big a deal. I have seen hundreds of plays that have won the prize and you couldn't sit half way through it. The Pulitzer is a common prize that means very little.
I don't even know what words to use to talk about the music industry anymore. But the business has changed a lot - the methods of releasing music.
Pray that your loneliness may spur you into finding something to live for, great enough to die for.