Quotes About Roots

I'm from so far back in the sticks that they had to pump the light in there.

Obviously, I rep Jamaica. I'm a first generation born Jamaican-American. My parents are born and raised in Jamaica, my grandparents are born and raised in Jamaica, my other family still lives in Jamaica, and I still go back there.

I still close my eyes and go home - I can always draw from that.

I always love going home anyway; it's where my roots are. I always like to go back. It's a good reminder of where I started and the journey that I still have to go on to get where I want to be.

It's impossible to let fame go to your head when you still live in North Shields in a flat with your mum.

I've begun to realize, as I'm getting older, that I was taught to go for a certain kind of stillness to get things done. I missed that in my life. I loved my grandmother's property, out in South Georgia right above the Florida line, so I just thought I'd find some property where I could feel that again.

When launching a product called an Energy Drink and named Red Bull, a product that stimulates body and mind, it is a short step to the roots where Red Bull came from. We have been doing this for 20 years - now it's called adventure sports, extreme sports, and outdoor sports.

I've always been big, my brothers are my size, we come from good stock.

I come from good stock. Both of my parents are big - my dad is a big guy; my mom is a big lady.

I don't think I could live anywhere else but Stockholm.

I want to stay where I am. I'm stoked to be a country artist.

Dig into the roots of culture, and it will grow. It's like a grass that is growing, and it cannot stop, and music is like the fertilizer for that.

I've never stopped being Argentine, and I've never wanted to. I feel very proud of being Argentine, even though I left there. I've been clear about this since I was very young, and I never wanted to change.

I've never stopped being a Hoosier.

A big shop in Manhattan would feel like we were betraying our roots. And we're not just going to open a bunch of stores.

I think that, in my research anyway, country music seems to be grounded in people staying true to their roots, being homegrown and being honest storytellers.

My mother was very proud of being Irish and being a Gunnigan in a straightforward way.

In all seriousness, it really should be difficult for me to be too strange. After all, a great family raised me.

The roots of rap are originally ghetto-ised or extremely working class. So when you're an artist who's making something which isn't how its mainstream appearance should be, there's always these strange questions of authenticity and what you have to do to be 'real' as a rapper.

The secret to renewal and true confidence is simple: Get back to the basics.

Herbs? Herbs are from the leaves and stems of plants. Spices, on the other hand, are from the root, bark, and seeds.

grandfathers"—the tribe

reason for giving up an itinerant life

You have to know the classics if you want to cook modern food.