Quotes About Roots

Why 'Do Bronx'? Because I'm from the slums, those are my roots.

My grandfather was Scottish, born in the slums of Glasgow.

I was born in Nagpur and brought up in Ahmedabad, where my father had a small factory.

I grew up in a conservative household, my parents were small business owners, so it really just was kind of part of who we were.

I'm from a small town. I think that's what's going to help me succeed.

I grew up around the corner from my grandparents' dairy farm, which was three miles outside of a small town called Phoenix.

I'm a country guy from a small town, you know, and it comes across as real because it is.

I grew up in the small town of Haywards Heath, south of London.

I'm from a small town, a farm, a hundred acres.

I was from this small town, and my parents were poor.

I'm from Oklahoma, and Nick's from a small town in Illinois.

I was raised in a small town in Indiana and educated at Ball State University.

I grew up in a small town.

I did grow up in a small town. I grew up in a lot of different places. But I consider my home to be Cleveland.

I grew up in a really small town.

I grew up on a plantation in Alabama in a small town outside of Montgomery.

So my mom's folks are from one side of Greensboro - and, you know, outside of Greensboro. And my dad's folks, the white side, is from another very small town outside of Greensboro. So both sides are coming from the country.

Like a lot of young people growing up in the middle of nowhere, I was desperate to leave my small town behind, but music reconnected me to my roots.

I grew up in a small town in Iowa, town of about 500 people.

I grew up in a small town, like most Canadians.

I'm a small town kid from Uhrichsville, Ohio.

Like so many people around the world, I consider myself to be of mixed nationality.

Growing up I had so many people who were born and raised in Ames who were important to me and gave me so much.

I don't know if it's the way I've been brought up or if it's because I spend so much time away that I appreciate being at home so much.