You never know what motivates you.
After a storm comes a calm.
Quality is not an act, it is a habit.
Do not weep do not wax indignant. Understand.
The most effective way to do it, is to do it.
To be a good loser is to learn how to win.
Go for it now. The future is promised to no one.
If you can dream it, you can do it.
I can, therefore I am.
Know or listen to those who know.
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.