Be thine own palace, or the world's thy jail.
Expect problems and eat them for breakfast.
What you do today can improve all your tomorrows.
Be kind whenever possible. It is always possible.
Wherever you are - be all there.
You never know what motivates you.
Well done is better than well said.
Who seeks shall find.
To know oneself, one should assert oneself.
The most effective way to do it, is to do it.
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.