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I played piano growing up. I played classical piano since I was 5, and I sang in choirs, and I sang in plays and musicals.

Quotes by Rachel Platten

My mom is a therapist, and my dad has a doctorate in psychology, and growing up, I felt 'very understood.'

Quotes by Rachel Platten

Growing up on a mountain in Tennessee, I spent most of my childhood outside.

Quotes by Rachel Boston

Growing up, I was not used to good things happening to me.

Quotes by Quinton Aaron

When my sister and I were growing up, she was made out to be the goody-goody one.

Quotes by Princess Margaret

Growing up, I loved Boy George, George Michael, Annie Lennox, Queen, Freddie Mercury, Celine Dion, Barbra Streisand and Diana Ross.

Quotes by Princess Nokia

Growing up in the '90s was the coolest thing to me.

Quotes by Princess Nokia

Growing up in Delhi, India, I did puzzles, explored numbers, and searched for patterns in everyday settings long before I ever saw an equation.

Quotes by Priyamvada Natarajan

As I learned from growing up, you don't mess with your grandmother.

Quotes by Prince William

I listened to R. Kelly growing up.

Quotes by PnB Rock

I didn't have anything growing up.

Quotes by Playboi Carti

A lot of times, I faced bullies - or the 'big dogs' at school. What I wanted 'Red Rising' to be is not necessarily an indictment on bullies, but it reflects my experiences and attitudes that I had with bullies...

Quotes by Pierce Brown

I played hockey in North Dakota growing up and watch a lot of that.

Quotes by Phil Jackson

You cannot separate sexuality from cheerleading. It is inherently what it is - growing up with the Dallas Cowboy Cheerleaders and all of that stuff.

Quotes by Peyton Reed

It was awesome growing up in New Orleans because there were great metal bands, there were great hardcore bands, there were great thrash metal bands in the middle '80s and what-not. But then, take me out of New Orleans, and...

Quotes by Phil Anselmo

In the 1980s when I was growing up in the Berkshire town of Maidenhead I was heavily into tennis. It was the era of Borg and McEnroe. I used to spend hours hitting balls against a wall, imagining I was...

Quotes by Peter Jones

When I was a kid growing up, you maybe secretly wanted to be an actor, but you never said.

Quotes by Peter Falk

I came from Iowa, south central Iowa. It was a very rural area. I saw a lot more hogs growing up than I saw people.

Quotes by Peggy Whitson

Growing up as a South Asian-American, I didn't have any female role models.

Quotes by Payal Kadakia

When I was growing up, 'Anna Karenina' was one of my favourite books.

Quotes by Paullina Simons

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Frequently Asked Questions

What themes come up most in these "growing up" quotes?
Several speak to the uncertainty of not knowing what you want to be, the powerful feelings tied to childhood memories, and the way growing up shapes a sense of identity.
Is there a quote about not knowing what you want to become?
Yes — one quote admits, "I could never decide what I wanted to be because I wanted to be so many things," capturing the open-ended excitement of childhood.
Do any of these quotes touch on identity and belonging?
Yes. One speaker recalls questioning things like "am I black enough?" and "Am I German enough?" while growing up, and pushes back by asking, "Why are we measuring blackness?" It's a personal reflection on identity. For more along these lines, see our Identity quotes.
Is there a quote about childhood memories tied to strong emotion?
There is — one person describes watching the Premier League as a child and says feeling the trophy and having the medal around their neck was "an unbelievable feeling." Browse more on our Emotion quotes page.
Do these quotes talk about change as part of growing up?
Yes — one speaker reflects on loving where they grew up and notes that it's "grown and changed and embraced change" over time. You can find more on our Change quotes and Experience quotes pages.

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