Know or listen to those who know.
Go for it now. The future is promised to no one.
You never know what motivates you.
By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail.
Never complain and never explain.
Be gentle to all and stern with yourself.
Well done is better than well said.
Wherever you are - be all there.
Without hard work, nothing grows but weeds.
Be thine own palace, or the world's thy jail.
I think that my past stands me in good stead in that it does have a certain strength for musicians.