Quotes About Upbringing

I think I said something mean when I was little, and my mother snapped on me. I was just like, 'I'm sorry!' I could relate. If I had cursed out my dad, I probably would be just waking up.

I'm one of five kids and we lived on a massive farm in New South Wales with my mum and dad.

I came from a very, very small valley in the middle of South Wales. I grew up there with my father, who's a coal miner, and my mother worked in a normal factory.

I spent my earliest years in Colwyn Bay in north Wales with my mother and grandmother, while my father was stationed with the RAF in India.

I was born in London but brought up in Wales from the age of two.

I've come from a working class background in South Wales with eight of us in a three bedroom house. Four boys in one bed, two sisters in the other bedroom and mum and dad in the box room.

I was brought up to be a gentleman. That means you know how to walk, talk and dress the part.

I had never walked on the street alone when I was growing up in Calcutta, up to age 20. I had never handled money. You know, there was always a couple of bodyguards behind me, who took care if I wanted... I needed pencils for school, I needed a notebook, they were the ones who were taking out the money. I was constantly guarded.

My father walked out on us when I was three months old, and my mum, well, she wasn't the driven sort.

I grew up walking out with no music. I wish I had the bottle to dance on but I can't dance.

I was born and have ever remained in the most humble walks of life.

My upbringing was faith-based, but we believed you should love all others as you want to be loved, because everyone should be treated equally. That's helped me have an understanding of people on different journeys and in different walks of life. At the end of the day, we're all the same, because we all want to be loved.

Growing up, I lived in a house without art: no picture books on the shelves, no visits to museums, no posters on the bedroom wall.

I was raised in a time when parents brought out belts, and you got tough love.

I was brought up in a Bengali family. We were three girls and never made to feel any lesser than men.

I grew up in East Berlin, in a family of artists.

I didn't grow up reading the Bible.

My dad is Chinese/Malaysian and my mum is Austrian, so food was always a big deal in our house.

Nudity has never been a big deal to me. I sort of grew up with a lot of it in my family.

I was raised really religious, and it's a big part of my life. No matter what I go through, my faith will always be there.

My granddad was an elder at our church, so it was a big part of my life growing up.

Mum has been the biggest influence on me.

I grew up around religious and elevator music. I didn't know any better, so I just thought music was kind of bland. So I didn't listen to much as kid.

I grew up in a wonderful blend of a lot of old culture.