Be kind whenever possible. It is always possible.
After a storm comes a calm.
Things do not happen. Things are made to happen.
Either you run the day or the day runs you.
Leap, and the net will appear.
I can, therefore I am.
By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail.
Know or listen to those who know.
It's always too early to quit.
Always desire to learn something useful.
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.