You’ll find a lot of ‘concerned’ friends and people talking you down on various topics ranging from careers, music, life, and money. Their concerns are issues that they have themselves or rather within themselves.
They are too scared that you might achieve something well before them or are getting better at your art form. So, they’ll keep slobbering with fake wisdom, cruel comments, and suicidal motivation until the time their itch is over.
Let them blabber. When unavoidable, hear them out, politely – silently. Do what you’ve got to do; stay raw.
Let them do the talking; you do the walking. Move on.