Be thine own palace, or the world's thy jail.
Things do not happen. Things are made to happen.
Do not weep do not wax indignant. Understand.
Always desire to learn something useful.
I can, therefore I am.
Wherever you are - be all there.
Never complain and never explain.
Well done is better than well said.
Leap, and the net will appear.
Begin to be now what you will be hereafter.
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.