Go for it now. The future is promised to no one.
Leap, and the net will appear.
Know or listen to those who know.
Expect problems and eat them for breakfast.
If you think you can do it, you can.
Wherever you are - be all there.
Always desire to learn something useful.
After a storm comes a calm.
Never complain and never explain.
Problems are not stop signs, they are guidelines.
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.