Be thine own palace, or the world's thy jail.
Who seeks shall find.
It's always too early to quit.
If you've got a talent, protect it.
Be gentle to all and stern with yourself.
The most effective way to do it, is to do it.
Only the educated are free.
Wherever you are - be all there.
The wise does at once what the fool does at last.
Expect problems and eat them for breakfast.
Adele Adkins' retro-soul debut, '19', was striking less for her songs than for that voice: a voluptuous, slightly parched alto that swooped and fluttered like a Dusty Springfield student trying to upstage her teacher, or at least update the rules.