Quotes about "Youth & Coming of Age"

Growing up in New York City, I was always encouraged to question authority, and I think I confused patriotism with jingoism. ”

Growing up in New York with artist parents - a very liberal environment, where we were always encouraged to challenge the status quo - I think for a long time I confused jingoism with patriotism. And that is a mistake. ”

Growing up, I wanted desperately to please, to be a good girl. ”

Growing up, I listened to a lot of Queen and Lauryn Hill because of my dad. Those are songs that have messages. ”

I think it's in my blood: both of my parents are very hard workers and were always working when I was growing up. I love working and what I do. ”

Growing up in the country, you're left to the wilds of your imagination. ”

I was a Catholic youth minister for eight years... I'm not Catholic anymore. The church is too misogynistic. ”

When I was growing up, it was 'Communists'. Now it's 'Terrorists'. So you always have to have somebody to fight and be afraid of, so the war machine can build more bombs, guns, and bullets and everything. ”

I'm a 'never say never' girl. Frank Sinatra retired four times. He kept coming back. But there are people in our business who want to die on stage. Literally. I don't want to do that. ”

The nicest thing about coming of age is that I can do whatever I like. ”