Quotes About Roots

I am a country boy and proud of it.

I'm really about my family and really proud of being a Carter.

I'm proud to be from Philadelphia.

Be very proud of your name and where you come from. It's so important. Say it loud and clear for everybody to hear.

My mother's proud of where she's from, and her history, and her past, and same with my dad. I have roots in Africa. Like, I am from Africa as well as from Germany, and I am very proud of that.

To speak about yourself, you must first be able to assemble a sense of origin. For descendants of slaves, this has proved one of the most precious losses of self-knowledge we've endured.

My name is Jidenna, which means 'to hold or embrace the father' in Igbo. It was my father who gave me this name and who taught me countless parables, proverbs, and principles that made me the man I am today.

it's a great thing in life to have a place you can't be moved from - too few of them

Triste de quem é feliz ! Vive porque a vida dura. Nada na alma lhe diz Mais que a lição da raiz Ter por vida a sepultura.

I think the way country music is set up, we all came from a family background.

My family background was deeply Christian.

I don't have a long family history of good cooks in my family.

I think Compton is definitely a part of my, my family history - a part of me.

The Carter family history means a lot to me.

I don't have any angel blood, as far as I know.

I really feel like we have drifted too far away from real America.

I enjoy where I'm from. That's me. And my family never let me get far away.

I'm a blue-collar kid from Colorado. I grew up on a farm.

I grew up on a dairy and beef farm.

I have spent my life reassembling the family farm.

I grew up on a farm.

My mom's side of the family was farm workers.

I was on a farm basically from the age of 3 until I left for college - really thought that was all I was ever going to do.

I was born and raised up in a small farm.