I was about 13 or 14 when I heard Malcolm X's speech…

Up to the age of 14 I had not heard a note of anything before 1750, never heard a note of Bach, never heard…

— Steve Reich

I've always tried to keep in mind that I'm in grass-roots country and I'm grass-roots-born and -reared. I don't use the so-called 'sophisticated approach'…

— Jack Brickhouse

When kids can't afford to see it anymore maybe we'll have a whole resurgence of garage bands all over America and this New Wave…

— Lester Bangs

He sprang from the grass roots of the country clubs of America.

— Alice Roosevelt Longworth

Fellow from Texas can tell the difference between grass-roots and AstroTurf.

— Lloyd Bentsen

I'm a campaigner for grass roots because I am a product of the grass roots system and I would like every child to have…

— Robbie Savage

If there is to be an ecologically sound society, it will have to come the grass roots up, not from the top down.

— Paul Hawken

You cannot build a grass-roots campaign unless you are connecting with people.

— Ted Cruz

I am a strong believer in grass roots communities, but I also believe government resources, when available, should be equally available to all people.

— Liane Holliday Willey

I decided to become a community organizer ... Change won't come from the top, I would say. Change will come from a mobilized grass roots.

— Barack Obama

A real foolproof way to do it is play your stuff by hook or by crook and build up a grass roots following

— Duncan Sheik

I feel like an eagle eye when I watch my fellow talent because I believe in grass roots, putting 100 percent in when the…

— Drew McIntyre

Grass-roots clubs and organisations were the places growing up where I found solace. It's important that young people have that space and time to…

— Vick Hope

I want to work on reaching out to people, through my music, at the grass-roots level.

— Ananya Birla

Maybe we're grass—our roots so interdependent that no one is dead as long as someone is still alive.

— John Green