Quotes About Upbringing

No man is responsible for his father. That was entirely his mother's affair.

If you want children to keep their feet on the ground, put some responsibility on their shoulders.

Pour good into your children and they will become some flavor of right

I grew up with the classics. My mom and I would sit and watch 'Singin' in the Rain' and 'White Christmas' - those kind of movies.

Some people grow up with issues because they did not have their parents around growing up, many others have issues because their parents were around growing up

I grew up with reggae music.

I grew up in the country surrounded by music.

I was the first person in my family born in the United States. My mom is from Croatia, and my dad is from Iran. They met at music school in Belgium. I grew up as a pianist.

I grew up in a big ol' Latin family, so that's all the music we used to play - salsa music. We'd always dance and have fun. You know how families get down, man! We just had fun with it.

My dad has always been a big Ray Charles fan, and I've grown up listening to all kinds of music.

The country experience was more of a departure. When you consider my education and my upbringing, you can see that was more of country rock outgrowth of my popular music aspirations.

My father was a minister and so rock music was banned in our house.

I was raised in a Christian household and heard a lot of praise music, so that's what helps me get to an emotional place.

Secular music was not allowed in our household.

My mother was a music teacher and my grandfather was a professor of music, and there was a lot of singing in the family. It wasn't like trained singing or anything like that, but it was singing.

My mom was a musician, and my dad had this passion for music. That's kind of how a lot of their relationship was built. When I came around, I was constantly exposed to music.

Mexican music runs through my veins. I loved it. Growing up, my father didn't allow us to listen to English music at home. That's all I heard. I had no choice.

My musical style was developed basically by listening to music. The music I like helped to mold my style. I used to listen to the majority of down south music when I was a shorty coming up.

We do not birth our children into the world of nature. We birth our children into the world of culture.

Nature is a definite thing. But nurture is just as powerful. It can really mess with you.

When the hoary old question of nature versus nurture comes around, sides form quickly.

I started working in music very young, I was raised by a family of musicians and performers, so I guess it was more second nature than making an actual decision.

My mom raised me to be clean, so it's in my nature. I have two little girls, and I'm married, but we've got a nanny and a maid.

The child that never learns to obey his parents in the home will not obey God or man out of the home.