Ian Gillan Quotes

I think when you're in your 20s, going from adolescence to about 24, I think your life is a series of emotional storms that you have to weather. Life is more emotional at that time, and you're less equipped to deal with what life throws at you. I always think that if you can get past 24, than life really starts at that point.

Maturity comes not with age but with the acceptance of responsibility. You are only young once but immaturity can last a lifetime!

The more you've lived, the more you've experienced, you emotionally know a lot more, especially if you haven't had a regular, straightforward kind of life.

I like growing up; I feel like I have an old soul. I like the age to match as much as it can.

I feel more mature than most people my age.

People become more interesting from about 25 - they develop character and their personalities come out.

It took me a long time to grow up.

It was not until my 20s that I began to creep toward maturity.

Everyone talks about the big three-oh with dread - but it's exciting. It feels like life is much more put together. Everyone's like, 'Wouldn't you like to be 20 again?' But no way.

You mature, you learn things.

You find it hard to deal with certain things and as you get older it becomes easier.

I’ve aged, but I don’t think I’ve grown up.

When I became a mature woman, I put both feet firmly on the side of maturity.

As you get older you learn some balance and mediation in your life - that's where I am right now. I feel pretty comfortable about things.

I'm totally growing up.

One should mature over 20 years.

Most people don't grow up. It's too damn difficult. What happens is most people get older. That's the truth of it. They honor their credit cards, they find parking spaces, they marry, they have the nerve to have children, but they don't grow up.

I think over the years, being a mother, I've matured in so many ways.

It's not a character flaw to become an adult.

Some age, others mature.

My advice would be not to write until after 35. You need some experience, and for life to knock you about a bit. Growing up is so hard you probably won't have much emotion to spare anyway.

Morality comes with the sad wisdom of age, when the sense of curiosity has withered.

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

I've grown up a lot, I'm on my own, and I've learned some valuable life lessons.

A child becomes an adult when he realizes that he has a right not only to be right but also to be wrong.