If you're going through hell, keep going.
Only the educated are free.
Know or listen to those who know.
Begin to be now what you will be hereafter.
By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail.
What you do today can improve all your tomorrows.
The dog that trots about finds a bone.
If you think you can do it, you can.
To know oneself, one should assert oneself.
Well done is better than well said.
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.