Quotes About Youth

When I was a teenager, I was very political.

I'm just trying to make the kind of music that I'd listen to as a teenager and forget about all my problems.

As a teenager, I read a lot of science-fiction, but then I read 'Catch-22' and 'The Catcher in the Rye' and started reading more literary fiction.

I was always fond of books right since my childhood days. Even as a teenager, books were my company. Not that I did not have friends, but books kept my occupied most of the time.

I know what it's like to be a teenager in Orange County. I know what it's like to be a kid in L.A. I know what it's like to not have any money and have your lights turned off. I know what it's like to live in a house with five rooms.

I first got into punk music at 17, The Adverts, just from being a bored teenager.

I liked Dalgety Bay, but my life did not revolve around the house. I was a teenager there, and these things aren't that important at that age.

Songs, to me, have always been kind of like a diary, you know - and, say, when I did 'Teenager In Love,' maybe I was 16.

I was sometimes a bit lonely as a teenager. There was a cultural disconnect.

I agree I was rash and got totally out of hand when I was a teenager, but I took hold of my life.

I think that, any young child or teenager, you take a lot from your parents when you're growing up.

When I was a teenager I loved snowboarding, but in my 20s I was too big to strap my feet in the boards.

Teenagers are some of the most passionate, dynamic and creative people I know. Yet, too often, this creative spark is left to flicker precariously and sometimes fade entirely.

I went through a time of depression in my life when I was a teenager - I think a lot of teenagers do.

I like to joke about being gay because it's something teenagers would never joke about.

The most dangerous age is 14. If you know any teenagers, this might not come as a surprise, but research has confirmed that risk-taking peaks during this exact moment in mid-adolescence.

Now, all the movies are for teenagers. It's very difficult for an actress to find really deep, beautiful characters to play.

I think the stuff that plays on the radio, the majority of it is for teenagers, which is okay. That's what pop radio is about. And some of it is great, and some of it is not.

Grunge gave me a sense of identity, and I remember really associating with 'Silverchair,' who were these chilled-out Australian teenagers. The fact that they were teenagers was a big deal for me. It was like, 'Oh, man, you don't have to be a 30-year-old to do this.'

When you are young, you can do anything, everything, and nothing at the same time. You don't have that kind of judgment; you just eat... like teenagers that need to feed. After a while, you know exactly what you are looking for, that sense of analysis comes to you when you start to use your brain.

You have teenagers thinking they're going to make millions as NBA stars when that's not realistic for even 1 percent of them. Becoming a scientist or engineer is.

Many filmmakers portray teenagers as immoral and ignorant, with pursuits that are pretty base... But I haven't found that to be the case. I listen to kids. I respect them... Some of them are as bright as any of the adults I've met.

All teenagers feel like aliens on occasion, and they all have secrets to share.

I think all teenagers feel a lot of things at once; everything's going crazy in our brain.