Quotes About Roots

There are a lot of people out there doing cool work. I went to South Africa with Talib Kweli and the Roots for a couple of weeks. And even a lot of the groups that aren't called 'political' or 'revolutionary' have a lot more to say than what you hear on the singles.

I was born in Guyana, South America.

South Carolina is a great place to be from.

My particular lifetime, my individual profile, represents something very basic to African-American history and culture because I was a second generation immigrant, so to speak, from the South. My grandfather was born in South Carolina - well, both grandfathers were born in the South.

My family came to Newark in the '20s. We've been there a long, long time. My father's name was LeRoi, the French-ified aspect of it, because his first name was Coyette, you see. They come from South Carolina.

I always thought of myself as a good old South Dakota boy who grew up here on the prairie.

I'm a South Dakota kid.

There wasn't a lot of live music that you could hear where I came from, which was a small town in southeast Missouri.

I'm a Southeast Ohio kid.

My little sister Debbie was born at Aldergrove, and my nan is from southern Ireland, so I do try and get over quite a bit.

Rock was born in the South, so saying 'Southern rock' is like saying 'rock rock.'

I'm too Southern.

I'm from a part of Florida that is very close to Georgia in the panhandle area. I have a very colorful Southern family.

I'm a Southern girl.

I don't want to be the Hollywood girl... I'm Southern and old-fashioned.

Anything to do with the South resonates with me, because I'm Southern.

Yes, I'm a real southern boy.

Even with the fact that I grew up in North Carolina, 'Jim Rash' just screams 'Southern boy.'

I have a tight-knit Southern family.

I'm such a Southern girl.

I love Southern rock; it's because I grew up on it, and no matter where I am, I'll always be a Georgia girl.

I'm a Georgia Southern boy.

Georgia Southern was such a big part of me getting my start.

Good southern boys always have this connection with their mom.