To know oneself, one should assert oneself.
The dog that trots about finds a bone.
Without hard work, nothing grows but weeds.
Begin to be now what you will be hereafter.
If you've got a talent, protect it.
Be thine own palace, or the world's thy jail.
Either you run the day or the day runs you.
The secret of getting ahead is getting started.
If you're going through hell, keep going.
Never complain and never explain.
There's a sadness to the human condition that I think music is good for. It gives a counterpoint to the visual beauty, and adds depth to pictures that they wouldn't have if the music wasn't there.