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Sixteen Quotes: Reflections on Turning Sixteen

Memories of being sixteen

One performer recalls being signed to a major label at sixteen and spending weeks performing in Vegas, an early sign of a fast-starting career and age defying expectations.

Last Updated on Aug 03, 2026

Chilling
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Nov 07, 2020

It's absolutely chilling to think that I've been working on a comic-book series called 'Optic Nerve' since I was sixteen.

Quotes by Adrian Tomine

Nov 07, 2020

I was signed to MGM. I was in Vegas for sixteen weeks at the Sands Hotel.

Quotes by Solomon Burke

Humor
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Nov 07, 2020

From sixteen to twenty, all women, kept in humor by their hopes and by their attractions, appear to be good-natured.

Quotes by Samuel Richardson

Best
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Nov 07, 2020

The best substitute for experience is being sixteen.

Quotes by Raymond Duncan

Bar
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Nov 07, 2020

I was an emcee for bar mitzvahs from age sixteen to twenty-one.

Quotes by James Wolk

Music
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Nov 07, 2020

I started making music for myself when I was sixteen.

Quotes by Hunter Parrish

Another quote celebrates sixteen as a time of natural confidence, joking that being sixteen is itself the best substitute for real experience.

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