Jonny Bairstow Quotes

Life experience is not something to be denied, but to be celebrated.

When you mature, you also get more secure about yourself. You see things differently.

It took a long time, and a lot of years, for me to get comfortable with myself, like the way I am now.

I've grown and I've matured, and I kind of like that.

It's murder to doubt yourself in life. It took until I was 45 to get to that point. As hard as it is in your work, it's harder in your life. But it can be done.

I was not emotionally mature enough to accept any kind of success when I was young. I needed to go that long route.

I'm far more comfortable in my 40s than I ever was.

One of the greatest moments in anybody's developing experience is when he no longer tries to hide from himself but determines to get acquainted with himself as he really is.

Self-acceptance has been a blessed by-product of middle age.

I've done a lot of growing up since the age of 16 and I really wanted that to be reflected in my music.

Part of spiritual and emotional maturity is recognizing that it's not like you're going to try to fix yourself and become a different person. You remain the same person, but you become awakened.

By the time you're 30, you know who you are inside. You learn to laugh at things you can't change; you learn to be yourself.

I'm happy with the man I'm becoming.

You know, once you have been through a certain amount of things in life, you definitely grow more comfortable with yourself.

I think it's nice to age gracefully. OK, you lose the youth, a certain stamina and dewy glow, but what you gain on the inside as a human being is wonderful: the wisdom, the acceptance and the peace of mind. It's a fair exchange.

Self-esteem, the kind that comes from finding the sweet spot between a healthy fondness for yourself and healthy self-skepticism, tends to get harder to come by the older we get.

I feel the older I get, the more I'm learning to handle life. Being on this quest for a long time, it's all about finding yourself.

Every experience makes you a man.

Everything that happens to you, I feel like it helps you develop as a person, as a player.

I know my flaws before other people point them out to me.

I'd never want to go back to being in my twenties or thirties. I was lost and confused and uncomfortable in my own skin.

I have matured a lot.

I feel like I've reached an age where I can relax a little bit with the knowledge of what I've been through, take all that experience and use it. I love the challenge of trying to get back to where I've been, and beyond it.

The advantage of age is that you swap youth for wisdom. You're so full of insecurities when you're young. 'Who am I? What do I have to do for people to like me?' You get caught up in things. You get very emotional about things.

Granted, I've changed internally as I've gotten older - I take it easy, I know when to stop and take care of myself, I laugh much more and with my belly and soul - but this comes from the confidence and acceptance that comes with maturity.