Be thine own palace, or the world's thy jail.
The secret of getting ahead is getting started.
I can, therefore I am.
Without hard work, nothing grows but weeds.
What you do today can improve all your tomorrows.
Begin to be now what you will be hereafter.
Leap, and the net will appear.
The wise does at once what the fool does at last.
If you've got a talent, protect it.
Expect problems and eat them for breakfast.
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.