Quotes About Belonging

It was nothing I ever hid and when I was asked about my background, I of course mentioned I'm Jewish. It's an important part of who I am.

I'm half-Irish, half-Dutch, and I was born in Belgium. If I was a dog, I'd be in a hell of a mess!

With rock and metal, I think a lot of people connect with the lyrics because they feel like they don't fit in.

For me, I'm way more at home in heavy metal than I am in classical music.

When I was in high school, I listened to a lot of death metal bands.

I'm from the Midlands. I lived in London for 50 years, but I'm not sure that I think of myself as a Londoner. I can see that we're all metropolitan, whether we are Londoners or not.

I am Mexican, and people tend to forget that.

As a boy, I felt ashamed of being Mexican. I'd say I was Hawaiian.

I grew up in a predominantly Asian and Mexican community, and because I did breakdance and poplock and all that, I did get a lot of criticism: 'You're Mexican, why are you doing that?'

I have many friends who are both Mexican and Mexican-American and others who, I guess you would say, are somewhere in between. The ironic thing is that all three of those categories often exist inside of the same family.

I'm not Mexican, and I'm not Central American. I'm from California.

On my mom's side I'm Mexican, and my dad is a white dude.

I'm first generation in the country - my family's Mexican.

I'm a Mexican girl from California, and I never grew up thinking I could be in a Rodgers and Hammerstein musical. I didn't really see myself in that. Not that I didn't grow up loving Rodgers and Hammerstein, but I don't know - I just never put myself there.

I grew up Mexican.

I've got that Mexican blood in me.

Everyone who thinks I'm not Mexican simply because I was born in the United States is wrong.

I'm an authentic Mexican.

I feel comfortable with the Mexican people. I feel accepted by them and if I knock Morales out, like I know I can, it is my hope that the Mexican fans will adopt me as their own.

It's tough to say where I live. There are some bills that get to the house in L.A., some to the house in Mexico, and some to the house of my father - so I never lose track of those.

People who know Mexico know me because I'm so much a part of Mexico.

Mexico is where I fell in love for the first time; it's where my family lives... so however much I travel, I inevitably return there.

I'm proud of being part of the Mexico attack, and I want to show who I am.

I was born in Mexico, I am from Mexico City.