Ad-Rock Quotes

Sometimes when I look in the mirror, I see a child, then I look and see a woman who should be turning 60.

Age for me is just a number.

Some days, you feel like a 22-year-old and some days you feel like a 40-year-old.

Maybe this whole obsession about colouring our hair is about our inability to grow up. To let go of the fact we aren't children any more, and the whole thing about changing our faces and looking young, and 60 being the new 40, is maybe we don't want to let go of our childhood.

I had a great time in my youth and I still feel youthful. I've no desire to look as though I'm in my 20s.

I think everyone still thinks I'm 13.

Old age is a special problem for me because I've never been able to shed the mental image I have of myself - a lad of about 19.

I'm not sure why I still think of myself as 28 - maybe that's the point where you start growing up, and then you just feel the same for evermore.

I'm so immature and still feel so young. Forty doesn't feel any different than 30 did.

I am now at an age when they wanted me to play her mother.

I know you think that when you're 35, 45, 55, you'll be different. But I'm going to let you in on a bit of a secret. You're going to look different, and your life is going to be different, but in your head you'll always be that 16-year-old girl.

Youth is when you're allowed to stay up late on New Year's Eve. Middle age is when you're forced to.

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 sometimes miss the sense of excitement that I remember having when I was younger. I miss that sense of, 'Oh wow.' I think it's part of aging.

I feel a lot older than I am but at the same time I don't want to play too old on T.V. I still want to be young. I still want to be 20 and enjoy this period of my life where I still have that flexibility.

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

When I see friends from school I think they've all grown old and I've stayed the same.

I've always looked old for my age.

I went from adolescence to senility, trying to bypass maturity.

As I've gotten older I look like a man, finally.

When you are young, nothing is more important than football, but as you get older, you get married, have kids and lose people. Then you realise your family is more important. This comes with age.

When I was 14, I was the oldest I ever was. I've been getting younger ever since.

Growing old is mandatory; growing up is optional.

I think aging and maturing is really interesting, and it's a shame that Americans are so panicky and paranoid about it.

When I came back to Britain, I realized that I was no longer a very young woman. I had to meet my new consciousness, my new age, with roles that reflected it somewhat.