Greg Behrendt Quotes

I think I'd like to be one of those eccentric 80-year-old women.

When I got to 40, I was happy. Now I can wear what I like, listen to what I like, don't have to try and be cool. I'm someone's dad and it doesn't matter any more. That's an enormous freedom.

The 40s onwards are when we can really begin to enjoy ourselves. For many women, this is when everything comes together, and they look better than ever. The great thing about getting older is you don't have to do/wear/say anything you don't want to. It wasn't until my very late 30s that I stopped worrying about what other people thought.

As you get older, you become more unapologetic about how you really are, how you feel about things, and you really say it out loud.

Be crazy! But learn how to be crazy without being the center of attention. Be brave enough to live different.

With age comes wisdom. You don't need big boobs to be feminine. Look at Liberace.

As time goes by and you're getting older and stuff like that - getting older sucks. You know, I hear all this crap about, 'Oh, you can age with dignity.' Really?

I'm not afraid to play my age. I never was. I've never been an ingenue. I like getting older.

Style is knowing who you are, what you want to say, and not giving a damn.

Please know that being 80 is not a scary thing. When you're 80, your life is much freer.

I've had a lot of 'aha' moments, but the big 'aha' about growing older is the mental freedom.

I think that my music is really empowering. I just want people to know - especially young people, but really everyone - that you don't have to be so caught up in what everyone else is thinking. You don't have to be the coolest, most popular person. You can just be you and be vulnerable.

I have people in my life who will say, 'Honey, you're trying too hard.' I like being saucy, but I'm 73 and a half. I'm still trying to find my way between matronly and coltishness.

The good thing about getting older is that, as you become less attractive, so you have less desire to go out and conquer everyone you see.

I think, as I've gotten older, I've been able to be more reckless with my choices, because practically speaking, you get less careful. Your choices become more instinctive, and you feel like if you make a mistake, it won't destroy you.

I don't feel like I need to tell any lies. You get to an age where you get tired of hiding behind whatever people think is correct. You just say what you have to say, and if they don't like it, it's OK.

Believe me, I've totally blown any kind of so-called reputation I may have had. I really don't care. I think that's one of the joys of getting older; you just stop caring about things like that.

The older I get, the easier it is to be all of me.

One of the good elements of old age is that we no longer have to prove anything, to ourselves or to anyone else. We are what we are.

The great thing about getting older is that you learn not to care about being cool. I'm happy with who I am, I know what I like and I can't see myself changing… not for a little while, at least.

My definition of freedom is knowing who you are, and then being it. No matter what anyone else is doing. And naked parties of course.

We are getting older, and we are getting wiser, and we are getting freer. And when you get the wisdom and the truth, then you get the freedom and you get power, and then look out. Look out.

Be yourself, no matter what they say.

I just have to be myself, and not worry about everyone looking at me and watching.

Women with short hair are really sexy. There's something liberating about freeing yourself from the norms.