15 Favorite Mantras:

(1) “persistence + passion = success”.

(2) “do your job well, or don’t do it at all”.

(3) “do not practice things until you get them right. practice them until you cannot get them wrong”.

(4) “someone out there is trying harder than you.”

(5) “you are not here to prove yourself. you are here to improve yourself”.

(5) “you either win, or you learn”.

(6) “there is good enough, and then there is better than it has to be”.

(7) “it’s not about being better than someone else. it’s about being better than you were the day before”.

(8) “be the first one there, and the last one to leave”.

(9) “opinions are not facts”.

(10) “it’s impossible to please everyone. there will always be someone who doesn’t like what you do. and that’s fine. music is subjective”.

(11) “do not confuse art with entertainment“.

(12) “a career in music is 50% how you play, and 50% who you know”.

(13) “examine the stories you tell yourself.”

(14) “if there were one way to do something, everyone would be doing it”.

(15) “hope for the best. prepare for the worst”.

*** “a black belt is a white belt that never gave up”.