Without hard work, nothing grows but weeds.
The dog that trots about finds a bone.
Things do not happen. Things are made to happen.
Be thine own palace, or the world's thy jail.
The wise does at once what the fool does at last.
You never know what motivates you.
Wherever you are - be all there.
Be gentle to all and stern with yourself.
Go for it now. The future is promised to no one.
Quality is not an act, it is a habit.
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.