Be thine own palace, or the world's thy jail.
What you do today can improve all your tomorrows.
Without hard work, nothing grows but weeds.
Wherever you are - be all there.
Be gentle to all and stern with yourself.
Know or listen to those who know.
Only the educated are free.
Always desire to learn something useful.
Who seeks shall find.
You never know what motivates you.
I think that technology has both introduced new sounds but also allowed an increasingly painterly approach to recording music as you can now paint over what you've done and more and more refine an existing performance.