The secret of getting ahead is getting started.
Always desire to learn something useful.
By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail.
Go for it now. The future is promised to no one.
To be a good loser is to learn how to win.
Without hard work, nothing grows but weeds.
The wise does at once what the fool does at last.
Be kind whenever possible. It is always possible.
The dog that trots about finds a bone.
Never complain and never explain.
I think that technology has both introduced new sounds but also allowed an increasingly painterly approach to recording music as you can now paint over what you've done and more and more refine an existing performance.