I grew up in a town outside of Waco, Texas, and we had 30…

We just weren't a family that gathered around the TV. I grew up in a town where everyone was outside all the time. I…

— Christopher Abbott

I was born during the Depression in a little community just outside Waco, and I grew up listening to Franklin Roosevelt on the radio.

— Ann Richards

My mother's from Texas. Small town outside of Waco called Downsville. And my father's from Nigeria. And so I guess I'm properly African-American.

— Kehinde Wiley

Every city has a town outside with a lake. I pull out my fishing pole and fish. I've been doing that for a long…

— Brandi Carlile

I grew up in a town - it was so small that I was like, 'There's absolutely no way that I'm going to stay…

— Kerli

I grew up in a town where there were no Muslims whatsoever, and there was not a lot of exposure.

— Emily V. Gordon

I grew up in a town where there were no galleries, no museums, no theaters - a very religious, ultraconservative community.

— Robert Wilson

I grew up in the next town over from Asbury Park and five streets from E Street. My mother fed me 'Born To Run'…

— Brian Fallon

I grew up in a town called Subang Jaya, and made a lot of friends from around Kuala Lumpur.

— Yuna

I grew up in this town, my poetry was born between the hill and the river, it took its voice from the rain, and…

— Pablo Neruda

I grew up in a town called Cornwall, Ontario, which is about an hour outside of Montreal.

— Ryan Gosling

I grew up in a town called Prairie View. It's like 45 minutes outside of Houston.

— DJ Premier

I grew up in a town without fathers.

— Stephen Rodrick

I grew up in a town of 30,000 people, and 'Queer Eye' was a beacon of light.

— Jonathan Van Ness

I grew up in a town of 5,000, surrounded by cows and oil fields, but there was a lot of opportunity in my tiny…

— Michael Lomenda