Quotes About Youth

I was never growing up saying, 'Dude, I want to sing in a band.'

A lot of the time you have older writers who think that every teenager says 'dude' all the time.

I love acting. I was one of those dudes that was always in the plays in the church and at school.

I was safe, due to my parents, but the Boys' Club was a massive influence.

I was young and dumb back in the '90s, but I had a lot of fun.

Personally, I had made a good amount of dough for a 30-year-old guy, but I didn't know a thing about money. I'm not a dumb guy, but I couldn't figure them out.

I never wanted anything to do with the theatre as a child. I was dragged there under duress.

I used to be a dusty little child.

Being a caretaker for someone who's dying was really, really hard at 25.

I feel you've got to be young and dynamic to be in politics.

Each generation looks to its children to keep our society moving and to make life better.

You know when you see those guys and their sideburns are just a little too high? You don't need to have sideburns, but don't have to have them right above the ear. I knew a guy that did that in high school and I was like, 'What are you doing? Just let them down a little.'

When I was younger, I was always a musician that could play by ear better than I could analytically.

I'm in L.A., I'm in my early 20s, and I'm like, 'There are so many pretty girls here! Let's Marvin Gaye and get it on!'

The Beatles had a six-year career, from 1963 to 1969, which - to me, in my early 20s - seemed like a phenomenally long time.

I suppose I was lucky to be born in a time where I was in my early '20s in the '80s. It was just a happening time to be around.

Some people think that I must be ancient because I've been in the business for so long, others still think of me as a waif and assume that I'm too young for certain roles. Starting out at such an early age seems to have worked against me.

I grew up mostly in Schenectady, N.Y. From an early age, building and creating things was a real passion for me.

I was inspired to be a singer/songwriter from an early age.

My parents gave up on their dreams in sports because they were athletes, and they had me at such an early age. I didn't want to do that.

I knew I wanted to coach at an early age.

I've always been a big champion of saying what we do today creates tomorrow. When you're young, you don't realise all of this stuff, and from an early age I was very conscious of what was going on in my environment.

I would go to school, then go for my dance training and be back home only by 9:30 P. M... and that's what my early life was about.

I think it's really good to get early work experience. I'm not sure if it will happen with my children, but for many young people it's character-building and sets them up for what comes later.