Quotes About Heritage

Growing up in Louisiana, my grandmother gave me an accordion because of our Cajun heritage. What ended up happening was I started learning about more instruments, so I just kind of went that route. Music's really all I've ever done.

Being from South Louisiana, we're just kind of rootsy.

I grew up all over the South. My dad just kind of followed construction.

Baseball's just something that's always been a part of my family. My dad did it, my brother did it, I grew up doing it.

We have a strong agricultural heritage in Kansas.

When I think of Kansas, I think of family.

My mom grew up in Kansas, my dad in Indiana. They had boring childhoods.

I'm half-Filipino and Filipinos love karaoke.

As a kid, since I was born in Kashmir, I have been to the Amarnath caves.

I am from Jammu and Kashmir.

Kate is determined that our children feel English, that this should be who they are. She adores London, as a Chiswick girl born and bred.

I have family in Italy that my mother keeps in contact with, but I don't because I don't speak Italian.

I grew up in Malden. Genetically, I was born to be as close to Kelly's Roast Beef as possible.

I grew up in Murray, Kentucky. My wife is from there, also.

I've always played music. But you know, in eastern Kentucky, everybody plays music.

There's so much to do in Paducah, Kentucky... Paducah's pretty cool, man.

I have deep family roots in Western Kentucky.

I would like to make work for my country, art which is innately Kenyan by being made in Kenya.

My mom went through civil rights; my dad went through civil rights. My name was Kenya because they wanted to give me an African name.

Rock & roll has kept us alive for all these years. But we just love country music. It's in our blood.

My family were finally kicked out of Egypt in 1965 for being Jewish. We managed to remain longer than most.

You don't see very many Irish-Cypriot pop-up restaurants kicking about!

Listen, I'm not a rich kid. I'm a cultured kid; I'm very rich in culture.

I didn't want to look distinguished; I wanted to look fun, and also to fade into the street, into the King's Road. If I don't fade into a room at White's, that's fine. My father was chairman of Brooks' and the Beefsteak, and I was brought up in that life, and it bores me rigid.