Top 1035 Teenage Angst Quotes & Sayings - Page 5

In my teenage years I was as addicted to great pop as I was to free jazz, electronic music, and hardcore blues.

To me, craft work is the ultimate. Maybe I got this idea from the autobiography of Benvenuto Cellini, who was employed as a sculptor to the state and church, making coins and things. While he admired Michelangelo, he also made fun of his spiritual angst with art.

I had one week in the fall of 1996 where I was like, 'I'm America's greatest living teenage poet.'

'The Who' created the Daltrey/Townshend Center at UCLA for teenage hospital patients with cancer. It's the only one of its kind.

On his teenage son: To be honest, I'm not sure the same kid comes home each night.

When I first started writing music, it was all really angry, angst-y lyrics. But then there was a point where I realized that people are clearly listening to what I have to say, so if I have the power to bring somebody up, why would I bring them down?

That's for calling your father a fool. It may be true, but it's disrespectful. Brian Fraser to teenage Jamie

I just wanted to do something about the teenage experience; it's such a wonderful and horrible time of life.

I definitely still have ... angst but I also wrote some songs that say it's okay to love, now. I'm happy in my life, and it's a bit easier to write happy songs when you are actually happy.

Still very active And rarely seen apart You're teenage geriatrics Modern and young at heart

I just sort of wish people would dance differently. It reminds me of teenage sex.

It's the teenage and university crowd, so we give them lots of sex jokes and gross humour.

Motherhood is not for the faint-hearted. Frogs, skinned knees, and the insults of teenage girls are not meant for the wimpy.

I've never had a teenage rebellion; I'm not that type of person. I always work out my problems in a conscientious way.

One of the biggest factors fueling the angst over drug prices in the U.S. is that some older medicines that should be sold cheaply as generics are still priced very high, often owing to a dwindling number of generic competitors and the rising cost of producing these drugs.

It was with the advent of the Laudie London era that I realized the whole teenage epic was tottering to doom.

I bought a lot of rubbish things that kids buy: skateboards and clothes and typical teenage stuff.

I am no prude, but when I watch comedy, I ask myself, 'Who wrote this? A teenage boy in the locker room?'

If I could write a letter to my teenage self, I'd probably say something like: 'You ain't gonna believe what will become of you.'

I could take this home, Marilyn. This is something teenage boys might find of interest.

The guys who won World War II and that whole generation have disappeared, and now we have a bunch of teenage twits.

I've dealt with depression my entire life, on and off, which makes me the perfect author for teenage readers.

I was not tormented in any way; I was never even bullied. I had a nice teenage life.

There are many teenage vampire books you could have purchased instead. I'm grateful you made this choice.

People - not just in their teenage years - hold on to this fantasy of love when they're not ready to have a real relationship.

Philosophically I am, or at least have been, a follower of Sartre. I am very interested in the choices we make, or don't make, in life-defining matters. That moment of 'angst' and its consequences can be such a cruel thing.

I was desperate for something to read that dealt realistically with teenage life, and I thought others might be, too.

As a little girl, I used to write stories, but by my teenage years, I got out of the habit.

I'd tell my teenage self he did the right thing never getting a proper job.

Chrissie Hynde is the blueprint for any teenage pop star wannabe looking to have some real cred.

I write for teens partially to work out whatever it was that I needed to from my own teenage years.

There was a time when a musician was forced to act in a video. Seeing a singer step too far outside of his comfort zone to pour all of his high-school-drama angst into a poorly scripted scenario was a sight to behold.

North Korea is the errant teenage child, aren't they? Or toddler - they're holding their breath until they get their way.

My dad grew up in Nicaragua in his teenage years, then immigrated to the United States.

I watch a lot of teen TV and read a lot of YA novels. I also talk to teens whenever I can. There are cultural differences between when I was a teen and now, but emotions - anger, angst, love - are the same.

I started my teenage years singing in churches across America, and finally wound up on a big stage.

No one escapes the teenage years without a lot of challenges. I had many. I was awkward. Petrified of boys.

Obviously [Can't Hardly Wait] wasn't in American Pie, which was a movie about some teenage boys.

the fact that they stole their whole shtick from Woody Guthrie and the coal-mining bards. While the alternative nation meows about personal fashion angst, the Appalachian nation still sings about unemployment.

In high school, I dressed up as every James Bond girl. I was a teenage Pussy Galore.

I've never had a teenage rebellion, I'm not that type of person. I always work out my problems in a conscientious way.

(Yes teenage boys who are fine always cry on their mothers’ shoulders until they leave a snot trail.)

Television was the only band of its ilk that treated the guitar with delicacy, not as simple rhythm support for teenage aggression.

Most movies are made today for teenage boys. Once in a while a good one comes along.

Not eating breakfast is the worst thing you can do, that's really the take-home message for teenage girls.

My brother and I were both teenage writers, and he was, I have to say, better than I was, but he went into science, and I went into writing.

I was thrilled to support the Teenage Cancer Trust while celebrating the music of The Who - a band that changed my life.

I go through so many different phases, just like every teenage girl does.

I've always been somewhat uncomfortable on the stage, and I've always felt like physically having to negotiate my own presence as a part of presenting work has always been a source of angst for me.

Directing teenage actors is like juggling jars of nitro-glycerine: exhilarating and dangerous.

I've been acting for so long it's more like - I won't say easy, exactly, but there's not the same angst with writing that comes about with acting. Writing - particularly when you're writing yourself, when it's you, when it's your life, you really can't hide.

I like the idea that I can talk to any teenage girls. You know, in a language that makes sense to them.

Just saying no prevents teenage pregnancy the way 'Have a nice day' cures chronic depression.

I write about what I know: teenage dating, overly charged sexuality, all the things that make you uncomfortable.

Sometimes I think opposable thumbs were invented so teenage girls could use text messaging.

Hear this or not, as you will. Learn it now, or later -- the world has time. Routine, repetition, tedium, monotony, ephemeracy, inconsequence, abstraction, disorder, boredom, angst, ennui -- these are the true hero's enemies, and make no mistake, they are fearsome indeed. For they are real.

A teenage foot that never tapped to 'Heartbreak Hotel' in the '50s probably belonged to a hopeless grind.

I don't know what better teenage life you could get than going around the world doing what you love to do.

I've never been without a dog. I've made trips across the country with a dog. I've been in that angst of loneliness, where you're really alone in the universe, except for the dog.

I'm very much in the trenches, and I don't live in the lap of luxury. I come from a working-class military family. We watch the news and read the paper and vote, so there's always something to be upset about. I always have a certain amount of angst in my back pocket.