I'm personally more struck by visual things more than musical.
It takes getting everything you ever wanted and then losing it, to know what true freedom is.
Find someone who has a life that you want and figure out how they got it. Read books, pick your role models wisely. Find out what they did and do it.
I guess my strongest recurring theme is honoring love, even when it's lost.
Having a simple career as a musician who liked music was good enough for me.
Money is the anthem, of succes, so put on your mascara and your party dress