You know, many people who become famous and enjoy great success when they're young disappear after that. Maybe I've lucked out because I came back and went to work.
When I was writing the Destiny's Child songs, it was a big thing to be that young and taking control. And the label at the time didn't know that we were going to be that successful, so they gave us all control. And I got used to it.
At 18, I got a publishing deal, so I was like, 'I can do this for real and not go to college.' When I was a teenager, my parents dragged me to a lot of songwriting conventions.
I feel really blessed that I found what I love doing and was able to make it a living from such a young age. I realize that I'm really fortunate. I didn't train; I kind of got lucky. And I remember that every day. I think I have to remind myself of that to really, fully appreciate life now.
Just call me a family man and an actor who digs his whole scene, side interests and all. Just say I feel mighty good at the ripe old age of 27.
The drive for working comes from everyday moments - the thrill of experiencing a young cook succeeding in what they thought was an impossible job, as well as guests being happy. I also love the unknown - discovering new things and trying to make sense of them.
I was always the young guy. And when you're successful when you're young, it leads to an arrested adolescence or something, y'know.
When I graduated from college, I thought that I would probably never be an actor because it seemed like everyone was big by the time they were 20 or not at all.
I became very successful at a young age... I had lots of opportunities and lots of power and had no idea how to focus it.
The perils of success at a young age is being afraid to make a mistake.
By 21, I was earning six figures a week. By 23, I had a Ferrari. It was nuts.
You look more like a legend when you accomplish a lot at a young age.
But I guess the first time I made career money was signing a publishing deal when I was still at uni. That was when I waited to tell my mum that I was dropping out, which was half-way through my first year.
The biggest problems were to do with... well, to get that successful when you're so young, it attracts hangers-on, parasites, people who want to feed off you.
there are only two ways to make a lot [of money] while you're young: One is to entertain the public; and the other is to cheat it.
I became quite successful very young, and it was mainly because I was so enthusiastic and I just worked so hard at it.
Prior to the App Store, the chances of that happening, of somebody really young forming a company and in a period of no time really becoming a global provider of a game or something else, it really didn't happen. Now there are these success stories popping up everywhere.
At 24, I was probably making more than 95 percent of my friends. I was burning through money.
I thought I did well for only being 19 years old on the international scene. I was proud of myself.
By 25, I was a millionaire.
The one thing nobody was taught was how to deal with success, and I think that happens to everyone who makes it at a young age.
I didn't want to become like so many of the young people I've worked with who have money, fame, and success but don't know who they are as people.
You know why stardom screws up people ? Because it gives you too many choices. As a 20-year-old I was making as much money as, well, as much money as it was possible for a 20-year-old to make in India. That sort of thing could drive people nuts. But I put my in money in the bank.
I lived the true American dream, because I was able to pursue what I set as my goals at a very young age.
I started very young and it is not easy to get to grips what I achieved at the age of 17.
