#teen

John Barry was the first film composer I was aware of. As a teenager I owned several of his Bond soundtracks. ↗

— Carter Burwell

#barry #bond #composer #film #first

The sacrifices ordinary American men and women from communities large and small have been willing to make, often before they were past their teenage years, have secured our nation unprecedented freedoms and made us the world's bulwark of liberty. ↗

— Steve Buyer

#american men #been #before #bulwark #communities

Falling little wind, it was five before I could form my line, or distinguish any of the enemy's motions; and could not judge at all of their force, more than by numbers, which were seventeen, and thirteen appeared large. ↗

— John Byng

#appeared #before #could #distinguish #enemy

If something is boring after two minutes, try it for four. If still boring, then eight. Then sixteen. Then thirty-two. Eventually one discovers that it is not boring at all. ↗

— John Cage

#boring #discovers #eight #eventually #four

I missed out on my teenage years. I led a sheltered life. I was practicing scales instead of playing football. ↗

— John Cale

#i #instead #led #life #missed

Maturity is only a short break in adolescence. ↗

— Jules Feiffer

#adolescence #break #maturity #only #short

I came in on the decline. Phil Elliot was in first, he got his book out, he sold thirteen thousand, I think he got two issues out before I got mine in, this was March '87. He was out in December '86. ↗

— Eddie Campbell

#book #came #december #decline #first

I had no idea of the size of my bank account as a teen, and I didn't care to know. That was my mom's job, I figured that I would just find out when I turned 18. If you can't trust your mom, then who can you trust? ↗

— Anna Chlumsky

#bank #bank account #care #figured #find

I have always had a tremendous amount of energy and any band I was ever in from the age of fourteen, I would always be the one who would describe the future and vibe everyone up. ↗

— Jim Capaldi

#always #amount #any #band #describe

I was eleven, then I was sixteen. Though no honors came my way, those were the lovely years. ↗

— Truman Capote

#eleven #honors #i #lovely #sixteen