If you're going through hell, keep going.
You never know what motivates you.
Go for it now. The future is promised to no one.
Only the educated are free.
Expect problems and eat them for breakfast.
Always desire to learn something useful.
Do not weep do not wax indignant. Understand.
Begin to be now what you will be hereafter.
What you do today can improve all your tomorrows.
If you can dream it, you can do it.
In those days, it didn't take much imagination to come up with something that required great lyric development skills. You just thought of an experience that you might have gone through, and write it down.