Expect problems and eat them for breakfast.
You never know what motivates you.
Be thine own palace, or the world's thy jail.
Wherever you are - be all there.
Things do not happen. Things are made to happen.
Problems are not stop signs, they are guidelines.
The most effective way to do it, is to do it.
Be gentle to all and stern with yourself.
It's always too early to quit.
If you think you can do it, you can.
I think an education is beneficial, but whether it takes an education to be successful in the arts is a whole other question.