Who seeks shall find.
If you've got a talent, protect it.
Quality is not an act, it is a habit.
Be gentle to all and stern with yourself.
Expect problems and eat them for breakfast.
Be kind whenever possible. It is always possible.
If you think you can do it, you can.
Only the educated are free.
Problems are not stop signs, they are guidelines.
After a storm comes a calm.
I spent many years trying to write a lot like Ben Folds or John Lennon or Rivers Cuomo. I think that's healthy when you're learning to write and seeing how chords fit together and how songs take shape.