So where did this "Missionary With A Day Job" idea first come from? In Biblical terms, it was probably Paul, who made tents to support his missionary habit. But that's not the story that made it hit home for me.
At 22, I'd just graduated from college, left my home state of Indiana and traveled to Nashville, aka "Music City", to get into the music business- not as a singer, but on the booking agency side of things, at the famed William Morris Agency.