Karen O Quotes

I'm 36 years old, and I'm growing up. Little by little.

You got to grow up and mature when you see you've got something going for real.

As I'm getting older, I feel like maybe I need to grow up a bit.

Most of us, whether we like it or not, we grow up and start having a different view of what we've done and who we are and where we're going.

I know that in my past I was young and irresponsible - but that's what growing up is. You learn from your mistakes.

Linking up the things you were with the things you become is what growing up is.

My overall look on things is a lot more mature than it used to be.

The romantic idealism of my youth has been replaced with realism and hard work at what I love.

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

I am pleased to say that as I get older, I get less and less like the sitcom 'Miranda.' She is really a clown character, a heightened version of the 20-something me.

You grow and you change, or at least you think you do, but you're kind of the same.

I am really looking forward as I get older and older, to being less and less nice.

In certain ways, I'm not very different than I was when I was a teenager.

How does anybody change from the time that they're 18 till they're 25? Everything kind of changes. You see the world much differently, and you get your priorities in order a little bit more.

Apart from writing books, my 40s have been about pursuing personal growth. Whatever were the mistakes of my earlier life, I've been committed to a pause, a regroup. I don't want to make the same mistakes in the future.

I'm not changing to the point where suddenly I wear floor-length skirts and start playing the violin; I'm just growing up a little bit, I guess.

At 21, there's lots more room there, plenty of things to improve on as you get older.

I don't want to continue to do what I did when I was 20. I would like to continue to develop myself and not continue to hang around with bands.

I have a lot of growing up to do, or a lot of growing down. I think that's probably more appropriate.

In middle school, we are all so damn insecure. It was the worst time for me, really destructive, like slapping myself across the face but loving it. Now I have to be an adult and change myself. I have to be a bigger person.

Like everybody, I've had a lot of pain in my life and I'm a work in progress. You must have a true desire to see the world from a different point of view, and that comes with growing up.

Maybe in my 20s I was a little more lively. But I'm done with that.

You gotta mature, you know.

Right now I have more confidence in myself. I grew up.

I've become a lot more relaxed about my career, but maybe that's a part of growing up. I realise there are things I hold dear and value, aside from professional achievements.