Quotes about "Youth & Coming of Age"

From a kid who didn't come from much success growing up but watched Muhammad Ali and Hulk Hogan, to where I am today... I tell kids, 'You can achieve anything you want as long as you stick with it.' ”

There is nothing like youth. ”

I know for a fact I've put in the same amount of hours as every up-and-coming male rapper right now, if not more. I'm a feminist with regard to my music and the music industry. ”

Coming up as a female rapper - well, a female artist in general - everything is just so black and white. ”

In music today, people are against females. We don't have that empowerment anymore. We don't have that voice. ”

The way everyone in London is right up against each other makes it very real to you growing up, the fact that people have different lives to you. And that causes problems; of course it does. ”

I enjoyed my upbringing, my siblings did, we're polite, we're respectful, but at the end of the day we're young, we like to have fun. But now, more so than ever, the youth has been vilified to the point where it feels like you can't enjoy being young any more, you just have to sit it out and wait until you get old. ”

I regret not having had more time with my kids when they were growing up. ”

I enjoyed a close relationship with my mother, who set a wonderful example. As such, I have always tried to be as open and honest as possible with the girls growing up. I let them know they could always come to me with anything - and I would be there to support them. ”

I loved Diahann Caroll growing up. I love a sophisticated, classy woman. ”