The Gorillaz cartoons seem more real to me than the actual people on TV. Because at least you know that there's some intelligence behind the cartoons, and there's a lot of work that's gone into it, so it can't all be just a lie.
As Elton John, my days on pop radio are over, and I know that and I accept it and I'm not unhappy about it.
I make progress by having people around me who are smarter than I am and listening to them. And I assume that everyone is smarter about something than I am.