I can, therefore I am.
The wise does at once what the fool does at last.
Always desire to learn something useful.
Be thine own palace, or the world's thy jail.
The secret of getting ahead is getting started.
Do not weep do not wax indignant. Understand.
To know oneself, one should assert oneself.
Never complain and never explain.
Expect problems and eat them for breakfast.
Only the educated are free.
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.