Quotes About Roots

It's definitely important to never forget where you're coming from, where you were born and raised.

I'll never forget where I come from. Especially my humble beginnings.

My grandfather lived in New England all his life and was a Vermonter.

I'm drawn to New England because that's where my roots are, and I miss it. I come from many generations of New Englanders, and so, in my writing, I've been drawn back there to the landscape and the light and the type of personality that's revealed.

They redid 'Roots,' and everyone was saying, 'Oh, it shouldn't have been done.' I was like, 'It definitely should have been done.' Because it needs to be refurbished for the new generation so they can understand it.

I'm a kid from New Hampshire who's pretty normal.

New Jersey was like home for me the first time I was there.

I'm from the dirty depths of New Jersey.

I can't see myself every leaving. I love New Jersey.

I'm half-Chinese and half-Caucasian. My grandparents came here from China. My father was born in New Jersey.

I'm just this Dominican kid from New Jersey.

I was born in New Jersey and lived there until I was about 10, so Jersey is in my roots.

I feel very connected to New Jersey.

The Clash will always be from London, and we will always be from New Jersey. But New Jersey doesn't create us.

It's just an honor to compete in New York, New Jersey, the tri-state area, where we're from. I have so much roots there, so much family.

I always cherish my ancestors, my grandpa, great-grandpa, what they did for us, especially my dad who moved from Bosnia. He started a new life in Slovenia so basically I grew up there.

I grew up outside of DC, New York state, and Connecticut.

I live in Newark. My family lives in Newark. I own a house in Newark.

I came from Brooklyn. My nickname was Moochie.

I'm first generation American, and my parents were both from Nigeria.

I've got Africa stamped on my chest, and I've outlined Nigeria because that's my bloodline.

I'm not sure where I'm from! I was born in London. My father's from Ghana but lives in Saudi Arabia. My mother's Nigerian but lives in Ghana. I grew up in Boston.

I'll never forget where I came from or who my friends are. But I know there is a time and a place to be with them. That's not being with 20 or 30 people in a nightclub or walking around the streets.

Although I was raised in Canada and the U.K., my roots are in Egypt through my father, in a family line that stretches back generations and runs along the Nile, from the concrete of Cairo to the coast of Alexandria.