Quotes About Upbringing

It was just me and my mum growing up, and my mum's always said that's why I'm so mature. We were best friends, and if it wasn't for her, I wouldn't even have started athletics, because she wanted me to have a hobby.

But while mum and dad were incredibly caring, it was also a very chaotic household where everyone fought about everything. So I know what it's like to internalize all that chaos.

I'm always being told I've got an old head on young shoulders, which is probably due to the way my mum and dad brought me up.

I lived in Peckham for the first 12 years of my life and then my mum and dad decided they really didn't want to bring up their children there. So they saved up money and bought a house in Plumstead, semi-detached, three bedrooms.

My mum and dad used to listen to a lot of R&B and soul, so this was the way I grew up. Hip-hop, of course. But then as I grew older, I started listening to everything.

I always knew I wanted an educational background, and my mum and dad were quite big on that.

One thing I had more than anything, I had love and support from my mum and dad. My mum used to say: 'I don't care if you become a dustman or a doctor, you can be who you want.'

My mum and dad were always careful with money.

My mum and dad only had me and my brother.

My mum and dad taught me to respect everyone and to be kind.

The best thing my mum and dad ever did for me was keeping me at home and giving me time to find my feet.

It was normal to us, like having a camera or seeing Mum and Dad play live - what you grow up with is normal to you. When you get a bit older and go to school, and see what other peoples families are like, then you start comparing it to your life.

I grew up in Mumbai.

I was born in Mumbai and brought up between Mumbai and Nashik.

I was born in Mumbai and raised in Mangalore at my grandmother's home which had a farm with animals.

I am a Gujarati, born and brought up in Mumbai.

My mother is a German who was brought up in the U.K. So, there is so much cross-cultural exposure I had as a child. But Mumbai is my city.

I'm a city boy, born and brought up in Mumbai. I talk fast, have a certain sense of humour, and have grown up watching Jackie Chan movies.

I was born in Mangalore, where my nani lived, but was raised throughout in Mumbai.

I am a Punjabi at heart, but I've been born & brought up in Mumbai and even did my schooling & graduation from Mumbai itself.

I am born and brought up in Mumbai.

I'm a SoHo born-and-raised kid. So my parents dragged me to lots of museums, and for birthdays and any kind of celebration, we'd go to the theater.

My parents were all about education. My mother was a librarian - she retired after 30 years - and she made sure that we were always at museums, that we went to plays.

My family wasn't in the music business, but they loved music.