Quotes About Heritage

I grew up on 135th Street. I grew up on the poor side of New York. I grew up in Harlem.

I'm from Harlem, born and raised there.

I don't know who I would be if I weren't this child from Harlem, this woman from Harlem. It's in me so deep.

Coming from bluegrass background, I totally understand family harmonies.

Discovering that my great-great-grandfather Harry was Australasian clog-dancing champion in 1871 was extraordinary.

When I went to Harvard Law School, my first year, I didn't want people to know I started my education in a colored school. I didn't want them to know I was the great-grandson of enslaved people. I thought it might diminish me.

I don't think Estonians ever really hated Russians. It was more, 'Leave us alone.' We can't change what is past. We can't blame them for what their parents have done. We never hated them. They didn't destroy us that bad.

I was born into wearing hats - it's a family thing - and I wear hats all the time.

Don't make music to make money, because that's not why you should be doing it. Have fun, be creative, and embrace the past.

I like having a good time. It's probably my mother's Brazilian genes in me - party, party.

Like my fellow citizens in Hawaii, I am a proud American.

I am from Hawaii. But I am not Hawaiian. I am full Samoan.

I get migraines. I've had them all my life; so has my dad. So did his grandmother, although back then they called them 'sick headaches.'

There are now grandmothers and grandfathers coming to see us because they are of that age, they grew up in the '50s and '60s and they bring their sons and their daughters to hear the songs they heard when they were young.

Some people's parents listened to the Beatles... but my family is Alquimia, Celia Cruz, and Carlos Vives - this old, rich Colombian music. I loved hearing that while I was growing up.

I feel British but my dad still has a filthy Scottish accent so I'm hearing that a lot... but the Davis Cup did help my exposure and my experience, so it was great for me.

I am an American in every fiber of my body and in every heartbeat.

I enjoyed translating half a Bible page, with my mom back in Australia, into Hebrew.

When you say 'Hello Wembley!' you're not just saying hello to a large shed. You're saying, 'Hello, I'm following all the greats that have played here before.'

I'm helping country sound a little more country.

I think music is a great way of helping people to get to know a country's culture.

I think that to fully appreciate baseball, it helps to have been born in the U.S.

My dad used to listen to Jimi Hendrix and Eric Clapton, and my mom liked Michael Bolton and Roy Orbison. She was pretty big into country music, too. So there was a wealth of music being played in the house, and I kind of took it all in.

If you work as a curator, as I do, at Hampton Court, you sometimes wonder if there might be more to life than Henry VIII.