All Quotes

I grew up in Wahpeton, N.D., and I didn't leave until I was 18, and I've kept going back.
‐‐ Louise Erdrich

I grew up in Wakefield, Mass., and there were only a couple of Jewish families in the town.
‐‐ Israel Horovitz

I grew up in war and saw the United Nations help my country to recover and rebuild. That experience was a big part of what led me to pursue a career in public service. As Secretary-General, I am determined to see this organization deliver tangible, meaningful results that advance peace, development and human rights.
‐‐ Ban Ki-moon

I grew up in Washington, D.C. But also loving the theater.
‐‐ Frank Rich

I grew up in Washington, D.C. Suffice to say, it was not a garden spot.
‐‐ Jonathan Banks

I grew up in Washington State and then eventually found my way back to Iowa City for grad school.
‐‐ Chelsea Cain

I grew up in West Palm Beach, Florida. My dad took me hunting, trapping and fishing when I was a kid.
‐‐ John W. Thompson

I grew up in western Oregon, just outside Eugene, on 27 wooded acres that served as my playground.
‐‐ Benjamin Percy

I grew up in Westlake Villiage, a suburb of L.A. There was a guy there who was a fighter and was like, 'I'll teach you to box.' I started a little bit of boxing, then it crossed over into jiu-jitsu. I was into it for a little while, but then I started doing basketball, baseball, team sports.
‐‐ Jonathan Lipnicki

I grew up in what my mom will always dispute as 'the hood.' She just doesn't like the name. But it had its similarities to any neighborhood like that. The all-black neighbors and the all-black problems and the all-black happiness. And I really loved it.
‐‐ Jerrod Carmichael

I grew up in what you might call a relentlessly creative household. We were given art supplies, music supplies... Our mother knew enough to get us started and then stand back and not meddle. My parents never said to us, 'Don't you think you'll need something to fall back on?' They acted as though creativity was completely normal.
‐‐ Julia Cameron

I grew up in wide-open spaces, but they didn't have the romantic history of the West.
‐‐ Robert Taylor

I grew up in Winnipeg, in the Canadian midwest, the fifth child. It was a great household to grow up in - I was loved to sweet death.
‐‐ Len Cariou

I grew up in Yorkshire, and once or twice a year, we'd travel over the Pennines to see my cousins in Cheshire.
‐‐ Anthony Browne

I grew up in Zimbabwe in Southern Africa, and I moved to London when I was 17. And I started commuting and, actually, to go to college. And I used to really enjoy that part of my journey where the - it was actually a Tube train, but it was over ground, and it went right past the backs of people's houses, and I could actually see right in.
‐‐ Paula Hawkins

I grew up in Zurich until I was 12, and I've always come to Vorderer Sternen for a sausage, a hunk of bread, and some mustard.
‐‐ Daniel Humm

I grew up incredibly poor and went to school and had a very average upbringing.
‐‐ Mila Kunis

I grew up Jewish, became an atheist and a Marxist, and 28 years ago, at age 26, became a Christian.
‐‐ Marvin Olasky

I grew up Jewish. I am Jewish. I went to an Episcopal high school. I went to a Baptist college. I've taken every comparative-religion course that was available. God? I have no idea.
‐‐ Michael Eisner

I grew up just outside Hay-on-Wye, on the borders of Wales, on a farm. It was an amazing childhood, but I got a bit stir crazy when I hit my teens. There was the feeling of having to get out, you know, but it was definitely idyllic.
‐‐ Jessica Raine

I grew up just outside New York City in a very white town. In seventh grade, I got called Macy Gray. It really affected me, so I got a weave and wore my hair straight.
‐‐ Jillian Hervey

I grew up just outside of Austin, and my upbringing was fairly rural.
‐‐ Amber Heard

I grew up kind of a tomboy and I used to fight with all the neighborhood boys.
‐‐ Edie Falco

I grew up kind of in the country, in western Georgia. And then I moved a lot closer to Atlanta, and I started doing plays, and when I started doing film, I think I really started to love it.
‐‐ Morgan Saylor

I grew up kind of self-supported, that kind of environment, because my parents both worked for airlines.
‐‐ T. J. Perkins

I grew up knowing I would be good at athletics, and dreams of a Super Bowl were always within reach as long as I progressed.
‐‐ Matt Willig

I grew up knowing the importance of breast cancer.
‐‐ DeAngelo Williams

I grew up learning ballet, and then I took up contemporary as I got older. I probably thought I was going to be a ballet dancer when I was younger, but at a certain age, I really was more interested in acting.
‐‐ Elizabeth Debicki

I grew up learning from a father who said, 'When you make a mistake or you make a bad decision, you man up and take responsibility.'
‐‐ Lane Garrison

I grew up learning to do more with less.
‐‐ Ann Kirkpatrick

I grew up like a lot of country boys and girls do - amongst the pine trees, dirt roads, farms, mules and people who were real.
‐‐ Josh Turner

I grew up like a neglected weed - ignorant of liberty, having no experience of it.
‐‐ Harriet Tubman

I grew up like Athena - covered with playing cards instead of armor - and, at the age of seven, materialized on a TV show, doing magic.
‐‐ Ricky Jay

I grew up like Huck Finn, always outdoors, exploring, collecting frogs - there was space everywhere. I want my kids to experience that too. I love being outside.
‐‐ Josh Duhamel

I grew up, like most people in my generation, watching John Travolta. I was thrilled to meet him.
‐‐ Jeffrey Toobin

I grew up listening in awe to stories of their wartime adventures. My granny, Joan, was a journalist and wrote amazing letters to my grandpa when he was a prisoner of war, while my nana, Mary, was a Land Girl, then a Wren. They were so independent, resilient and glamorous.
‐‐ Laura Carmichael

I grew up listening to 1980s country music, mostly. Early '90s. That time period was my favorite.
‐‐ Blake Shelton

I grew up listening to a lot of early '90s hip-hop. I had the debut Wu-Tang album, Biggie, Snoop, that kind of stuff. Hieroglyphics, the Gravediggaz. I remember D.O.C.'s 'The Portrait of a Masterpiece' was something that had a big influence on me.
‐‐ Riz Ahmed

I grew up listening to a lot of player-piano music in my house and a lot of old Tin Pan Alley songs and American standards. My dad listened to a lot of traditional Irish music and I grew up doing musical theater. So most of the music I was exposed to as a kid was pre-rock n' roll.
‐‐ John C. Reilly

I grew up listening to a lot of Ray Charles and '60s rock, thanks to my father, and then my brothers got me in to KISS and whatnot, so I guess that's where I got my first taste for music.
‐‐ Avicii

I grew up listening to a lot of Snoop Dogg and the Wu-Tang Clan. Actually, I was a huge Wu-Tang fan.
‐‐ Bobby Moynihan

I grew up listening to a lot of soul music, and a lot of folk music.
‐‐ Katey Sagal

I grew up listening to a lot of soul music, which has probably informed the way that I sing on my tracks.
‐‐ Erik Hassle

I grew up listening to a lot of Usher at 13 and 14. I have every Usher album that ever existed. So I grew up listening to a lot of Usher, Michael Jackson, Luis Miguel, a lot of pioneers in Latin music.
‐‐ Prince Royce

I grew up listening to all kinds of music, everything from country to rock, pop, R&B and even rap, so for me, music is music and a great song is a great song.
‐‐ Jason Aldean

I grew up listening to AM radio in the '70s and hearing all of that great soul and rhythm and blues music, which definitely influenced the way I sing. But singing gospel has made me a much more humble person. There are so many people who were geniuses who only a few people knew about when they were alive.
‐‐ Patty Griffin

I grew up listening to Bernadette Peters, Patti LuPone, and Angela Lansbury, so I grew up wanting to sound like Patti and Bernadette. What I realized, though, is that I can't sound like that, and what makes their performances magical is their uniqueness.
‐‐ Susan Egan

I grew up listening to classic rock - the Kinks, Genesis, The Who, Pink Floyd.
‐‐ Ted Cruz

I grew up listening to English music.
‐‐ Ryan Tedder

I grew up listening to everything. And rock and roll has always been a big, big part of it - as big a part of what I do as any other type of music.
‐‐ Jason Aldean

I grew up listening to everything. I have such a love for music, but I don't want to make the same album over and over again.
‐‐ Carrie Underwood

I grew up listening to everything. I was in rock n' roll bands and punk bands, and I loved bluegrass and country music, too. Then, when I moved to Nashville, I put out a very traditional country record because that's just what you do. I had a bunch of very traditional country songs. Next thing you know, you're a country singer.
‐‐ Sturgill Simpson

I grew up listening to everything. You know, from Argentinean folk music, tango, jazz, rock, just everything.
‐‐ Gustavo Santaolalla