Quotes About Heritage

I was raised a proper Southern boy.

I think what the public knows as 'Southern rock' will never be repeated.

In South Carolina, the Confederate flag flies high on countless flagpoles. Those who defend this practice by saying it is part of Southern culture are lying to themselves.

I knew that I wanted to create a restaurant like Hard Rock Cafe or Planet Hollywood that celebrated not just music or Hollywood, but who we were as people of color, as Caribbean, African, Cajun and Southern people.

I come from a family that raised me with good southern values.

I'm descended from southern slaves, and I'm descended on my mother's side from northern European Protestant immigrants.

Growing up black in America, and with Southern roots in my family, I was informed in my own life.

The Ryman and the Grand Ole Opry, if you're a Southern boy, is just a way of life.

I think my mother and grandmother had style even though we're humble Southern people.

Just being from Louisiana, being from the southern part of Louisiana, Metairie, close to New Orleans and growing up in St. Rose. There are a lot of things to overcome.

My personality, my creativity, my overall aesthetic, everything is so Southern.

I'm very proud of my Southern accent, it's part of me.

I think anything sounds good with a Southern accent.

I grew up Southern Baptist. In the Bible Belt.

Well - I was brought up as a Southern Baptist.

My mom's side, they're southern Baptist Christian.

I grew up with fantastic Southern food. In Southern California.

I am a southerner who grew up with and around guns. I own some still. My father gave me a .22 rifle when I was 9 and a single barrel .410 shotgun when I was 10.

For generations, even many otherwise decent white Southerners learned to despise black people.

I came from a big family... a big family of Southerners.

I'm sort of a Southerner because those are my roots, but my parents are from Iowa.

There is racism all over the United States. Most Southerners I know, we definitely find ourselves defending our heritage.

Southerners are also like ethnic groups in that they have a sense of group identity.

In addition I wanted to write a Southern novel, because I'm a Southerner.