Certainly, gospel was my background - is my background.

Urban is not actually my world. It was me trying something out, basically. I come from a gospel background.

— Labrinth

Gospel goes with me wherever I go. Gospel is a constant with me.

— Aretha Franklin

I started my cycling academy to try and get more people from a BAME background into cycling.

— Kadeena Cox

Maybe it's just my improv and sketch background, but I'm a lot more comfortable in a group. I like sharing focus and populating an…

— Jason Mantzoukas

I have a crazy background in music, both as a performer and writer.

— Jesse Itzler

I have no filmi background.

— Wamiqa Gabbi

Al Jazeera is a representation of, you know, diversity in the Arab world. In our newsroom, we have every single nationality, we have every…

— Wadah Khanfar

Once you know the background of an individual, you can connect better with his or her music.

— Badshah

Mark Zuckerberg is a rich white dude from a really privileged background.

— Peter Sunde

My first album, 'Get Lifted,' was a hip-hop soul album that had some of its roots in the church, as far as the sonic…

— John Legend

The way I look at it is, cancer research is absolutely nonpartisan. Cancer is very democratic in the sense that it attacks people regardless…

— David H. Koch

Food as a hobby used to be an elite pastime, and it has become something that is totally ordinary for people of every background.…

— Dana Goodyear

I grew up with a religious background.

— Alex Caruso

When I was playing piano, it was like, 'I'm going to write a song using all the white keys.' My music director, who knew…

— John Tesh

When you see how fragile and delicate life can be, all else fades into the background.

— Jenna Morasca