The wise does at once what the fool does at last.
Go for it now. The future is promised to no one.
If you can dream it, you can do it.
To be a good loser is to learn how to win.
If you think you can do it, you can.
Know or listen to those who know.
Be thine own palace, or the world's thy jail.
Be kind whenever possible. It is always possible.
Only the educated are free.
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.