Know or listen to those who know.
Be thine own palace, or the world's thy jail.
The wise does at once what the fool does at last.
Be kind whenever possible. It is always possible.
What you do today can improve all your tomorrows.
Be gentle to all and stern with yourself.
Always desire to learn something useful.
To know oneself, one should assert oneself.
Begin to be now what you will be hereafter.
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.