Quotes About Youth

When I was growing up, rock & roll helped give me my sense of identity, but I had to search for it.

It is in college that one gathers confidence as the mind is open to ideologies.

'American Idiot' is not only one of my favorite albums of all time, it's become an anthem of a generation.

I used to work at Sirius. And when I got my job at Sirius, I was only 21. It was my first job out of college. And when I think back to what 21 was, though, you're an idiot.

Nahmir is just an idiot. He just glorifies street life. He idolizes it.

We're all idiots when we're young. We don't think we are, but we are. So we should be.

Rock n' roll is for the young idiots, not an old fart like me.

Zidane was an idol for me, I grew up watching him play. He always asks me to come out playing the ball and that I don't just sit deep.

I auditioned for 'American Idol' at 17. They told me, 'No.'

As a kid, Punky Brewster was my idol. I wanted to dress like her and talk like her.

I'm a big 'American Idol' watcher, and sometimes I like to watch 'America's Got Talent.' Those are big, corny admissions, but sometimes it's so fun to see those kids really sing their hearts out.

I'm a huge fan of Billy Idol. I spiked my hair every day like him in 7th and 8th grade.

'American Idol' was fun; it was definitely an experience. I was 16 years old when I did it, and I was curious about how I would do on the show.

It's always been a dream to audition for 'American Idol.' But you have to be 15 or older.

I've been watching 'American Idol' since I was five years old.

David Beckham was from round my area so he was a bit of an idol for myself.

I kind of idolized older punk-rock and hip-hop bands, and I was, like, 15 when I started the Beastie Boys. And what business did we having doing that at that age?

I watched Romario when I was young, and he was one of my idols.

It's cool for young guys to see what their idols are doing.

I've already played against some of my biggest idols.

If I could give my teenaged self any advice, it would be 'Calm down!'

If I could give my younger self one piece of advice, I would say, 'Lose weight.'

At 60, I could do the same things I could do at 30, if I could only remember what those things are.

I'd like to do the young cadet thing again for sure, but that's why I wanted to do this, to see if I could do it. I took the scenes out of the script and put them together and read them as one little arc, story and that seemed to work.