Bill Haley Quotes

I had to grow up very quickly.

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

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.

How hard, how bitter it is to become a man!

The older you get the stronger the wind gets and it's always in your face.

Looking back, I realise I had to grow up and be responsible at a very tender age.

Maturity is a high price to pay for growing up.

Those of us who were 12 or 13 when the war started were absolutely thrown into the mainstream. We had to grow up instantly and take care of ourselves.

I had to grow up fast.

I've had to grow up pretty fast, which is not a good thing.

I grew up really fast.

I had to grow up a little fast.

When you're a kid, you live carefree. You notice things that go on around you, but you live like a kid with no worries until you get to that certain age where trials and tribulations come and you gotta fight and stay on your toes.

I had to grow up quite quickly.

I grew up very quickly because of the difficulties and responsibilities that I have always had.

You deal. You survive. You grow up and you build a career. And you remember these big/little hardships. They make you human.

I've gotten away with a lot in my life. The older you get the more you realize you're not getting away with it, it's taking its toll somewhere. So you try not to put yourself in those situations. Part of the mysterious process called growing up. Some people do that better than others.

I've experienced a lot for someone my age that a lot of people will be able to relate to.

I think I got a lot of life skills; I got a lot of wisdom; I've seen a lot of bad things happen to a lot of good people.

I grew up pretty fast. I had more responsibility than most 9-year-olds, and I've always been independent.

Some people do need to grow up, but I don't think I'm there yet. I don't think I'm ready to do grown-up things and be a grown-up.

I knew that I had it tough compared to children around me. But I felt like I needed it. I think I had the wisdom as a child to know that it would help me later on.

I was wanting to be a kid at 18 instead of being a young woman.

You never expect anything when you are 20 because you think that you'll never get older.

You think that adulthood will hit and you'll suddenly be more capable. But that doesn't happen, ever, does it?