Quotes About Belonging

New York's my home. Born and raised. I'm a New Yorker to the bone.

Unless you're born here, I don't know if you can ever become a full New Yorker.

I kind of grew up on the East Coast, lived in New York for a while, then moved to L.A. So I'm not a New Yorker at all, but I'm much happier in New York; I've always liked it better.

I knew I didn't want to come out in the 'New Yorker'; it just felt wrong. It needed an African conversation.

I don't see myself as either Irish or American, I'm a New Yorker.

I've always just considered myself a New Yorker, you know.

I feel like I'm a New Yorker to the bone. But there is a lot of the South in me. I know there is a lot of the South in my mannerisms. There's a lot of the South in my expectations of other people and how people treat each other. There's a lot of the South in the way I speak, but it could never be home.

When I was out in Portland there was a lot of really great things about it. But being home, I'm a New Yorker, and I think I've really enjoyed being back out here.

My family goes way back in New York. So I am a New Yorker; I feel like a New Yorker. It's in my bones.

I still consider myself a New Yorker before all other nouns.

Wikipedia is wrong! I was born in Los Angeles, not New York, but my parents and I would come here a lot, so I feel like a New Yorker.

I'm such an odd mix of things. My grandfather was Indian: I've got more family living in India than I do in the U.K. My old man was East London. I was brought up in Yorkshire. My great-grandfather was Irish.

I am Batley and Spen born and bred, and I could not be prouder of that. I am proud that I was made in Yorkshire, and I am proud of the things we make in Yorkshire. Britain should be proud of that, too.

Anyone who has been born in Yorkshire is very proud of it. It's something that's embedded in your character.

I grew up in North Yorkshire, but now London is home.

Yorkshire is so much part of me.

I still live in the same town in Yorkshire where I've always lived.

In my bones, I feel like a Scot. I always have. My mum's from Doncaster, so whatever that is as a combination of Scotland and Yorkshire. It isn't southern.

When I came into the Yorkshire academy I was christened Bluey almost immediately.

Everyone's always shocked that I'm still based in Yorkshire, but going home there is my sanctuary. Home is where the heart is, and my mother, sister and brother are there, and my partner.

I wanted to feel at home so I've brought Yorkshire Tea Bags in my suitcase, as well as my slippers!

If there's anyone out there that looks a bit like me, or just feels a little bit out of place just trying to get into performing, you are beautiful; embrace it. You are intelligent; embrace it. You are powerful; embrace it.

Straight up, I'm from Waldorf, Maryland, you guys. Let's not forget that.

I am very proud to say that America is my home! I have so much respect for this country and the people in it. I'm so grateful that you guys have taken me in with care and respect.