Age Quote by William Butler Yeats

You think it horrible that lust and rage Should dance attendance upon my old age; They were not such a plague when I was…

— William Butler Yeats

I was about 17 or 18 and there were a lot of clubs and dancing. It was the beginning of rave culture and a…

— Margaret Cho

Although I was well past my teenage troubles, our music was specifically designed to lubricate the passage from adolescence to adulthood.

— Pete Townshend

Just this morning, out of a large memory for songs, and having been obsessed by them since childhood, suddenly, at the age of 84,…

— Tom Glazer

When I'm old I shall give up writing the big stuff and shall wander round the park thinking of songs.

— George Lloyd

I do know the effect that music still has on me - I'm completely vulnerable to it. I'm seduced by it.

— Debbie Harry

For a while, it was something to try to push at people, playing old murder ballads and being upset about everything I was seeing…

— Frank Fairfield

I guess I'm a real fan of older music, and that's what shaped my taste and the way I sing.

— Jessie Ware

I've done a lot of growing up since the age of 16 and I really wanted that to be reflected in my music

— Kelly Osbourne

I came to music very young.

— Sue Perkins

In my late teens, I fell out of love with music - you know how kids are, when you're encouraged to do something, you…

— Ben Howard

Music takes me to places of illimitable sensual and insensate joy, accessing points of ecstasy that no angelic lover could ever locate, or plunging…

— Stephen Fry