Todzilla

Get a degree, hone your craft and pursue it with gusto.

Talent is important, but so is luck and having something to fall back on is great.

Worst case, you can pursue music as a very serious avocational pursuit without worrying about pandering to an increasingly capricious market.  Actually, worst case is you spend 20 years pursuing a singing career only to end up penniless and with no degree.

Obama.

The 2000 McCain wouldn't have been so bad, but the cozying up to the most craven elements in the Republican party has drained any respect I once had for him.