If you think you can do it, you can.
Go for it now. The future is promised to no one.
Only the educated are free.
What you do today can improve all your tomorrows.
The wise does at once what the fool does at last.
Wherever you are - be all there.
If you've got a talent, protect it.
Be kind whenever possible. It is always possible.
If you're going through hell, keep going.
Quality is not an act, it is a habit.
I spent many years trying to write a lot like Ben Folds or John Lennon or Rivers Cuomo. I think that's healthy when you're learning to write and seeing how chords fit together and how songs take shape.