Always desire to learn something useful.
Be thine own palace, or the world's thy jail.
Without hard work, nothing grows but weeds.
The wise does at once what the fool does at last.
Leap, and the net will appear.
Go for it now. The future is promised to no one.
If you've got a talent, protect it.
Well done is better than well said.
If you think you can do it, you can.
Be kind whenever possible. It is always possible.
Jazz is known all over the world as an American musical art form and that's it. No America, no jazz. I've seen people try to connect it to other countries, for instance to Africa, but it doesn't have a damn thing to do with Africa.