Quotes About Upbringing

I'm from the DMV. I grew up in Maryland my whole life and I was born in Washington D.C.

I grew up with very little - so material things have never been that important for me.

We'd grown up without any money. I mean, everything was a struggle; our lives were a struggle, and dancing changed all of that. Nothing mattered; it was the most important thing in my life.

My dad was a mechanical engineer and a drummer. We had no money, but I never felt we had no money, and that's what I remember now, having my own child. I think, 'Oh so what?' Kids don't go around the house seeing what's wrong with it.

I grew up going to the movies, not watching them on television, so I'm still a bit resistant to TV as a medium.

My parents always told me to be respectful to anyone you meet and to live your life that way.

Respecting women is something I've imbibed since childhood.

When you are raised in a restaurant you really don't want to go to one that often, I'd rather cook.

My father would make me stand on the table and make me sing. He would give me a P1 reward after every song.

We didn't grow up rich people.

I was adopted into an extremely right-wing religious family.

I used to work a lot on ranches where I grew up, and I had to rise at 5:30 in the morning.

I love Stoke-on-Trent, it is where Rob grew up.

I grew up in a religious family, and we weren't allowed to listen to rock music.

I had a very rocky, difficult, emotional childhood with my parents.

My parents did not encourage romances.

I keep my feet on the ground because of my roots and the way I was raised.

A lot of things come down to your roots and how you're brought up.

My dad was very rough with us.

My mother was a classic matriarchal figure. She'd sing round the house and always had music on.

There's some really good stuff in the way I was brought up. There's some really rubbish stuff as well.

I was so rude when I was a little girl.

I grew up very poor in rural Alabama.

I grew up in the country in the rural South, and I have a brother a year older than me and a sister a year younger.