1. "Genius is the ability to avoid work by doing it right at the first time."

2. "Think ten times, play once."

3. Plan, play, criticise. Stop, look, listen.

4. Practice exactly as you intend to perform. The way you sound in the practice room is the way you will sound on stage. P/S: Guitarist or Bassist should practice with their straps on rather then just casually rest the guitar on their laps while playing at home. It has much different when you hang your guitar over your shoulder standing on stage compared to what you are doing at home.

5. Always have a definite aim before repeating a phase. Afterwards is too late.

6. Aim to have your teacher not tell you anything about a work at the next lesson that he has already said.

7. Practice slowly. If you could play it up to tempo perfectly, you probably would not need to practice it.

8. Be persistent. Never give up.

9. At the end of each practice session, ask yourself with regard to each work practiced, "What did I accomplish today on this work?

10. It is not good to think as a perfectionist because it is impossible to be perfect, the main point is to strive for greatness, improve yourself everyday.