The wise does at once what the fool does at last.
Always desire to learn something useful.
Without hard work, nothing grows but weeds.
Never complain and never explain.
Problems are not stop signs, they are guidelines.
Wherever you are - be all there.
If you're going through hell, keep going.
Leap, and the net will appear.
If you can dream it, you can do it.
The dog that trots about finds a bone.
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.