Grew up Quotes · Page 73

I grew up north of Chicago, not far from where the Schwinn bicycle plant used to be, and was conscious of the…

— Dave Eggers

It's an ironic thing about being an immigrant kid, growing up - 'cause I grew up in the UK and went to…

— Aasif Mandvi

I think there is a very subtle shift from the metal I grew up on to Weezer. I think the big shift…

— Rivers Cuomo

'The Outer Limits' was one of those shows I grew up watching - that and The 'Twilight Zone.'

— Kevin Nealon

Led Zeppelin, they still rule the airwaves. I hear Zeppelin every day, and they've been around since '69. So the people who…

— George Thorogood

I grew up poor, but I didn't really know it because of amazing places like the Salvation Army where we got a…

— Trey Songz

I grew up in the country surrounded by music.

— Martina McBride

I know how to make an audience laugh, 'cause I grew up on Third Rock from the Sun, week after week in…

— Joseph Gordon-Levitt

I grew up in England at a time when England was winning Nobel Prizes right and left. I mean it was amazing…

— Freeman Dyson

God created me to be an individual. And I am a Chicago dude that grew up the way I grew up and…

— Common

My mom grew up in the Philippines, and she would use coconut oil. I put that in my hair always - literally,…

— Shay Mitchell

I am a southerner who grew up with and around guns. I own some still. My father gave me a .22 rifle…

— Jon Meacham

Being born not long after the war meant that money was tight. I grew up in a rural corner of Lincolnshire and…

— Geoff Capes

I grew up in an all-white community.

— Gayle King

You're so narrow-minded! You live in the same village you grew up in, you run the family business, you're buying a nursery…

— Sophie Kinsella

I grew up as a Southern Baptist with strict adherence to the Bible, which I read as a youngster.

— E. O. Wilson

I grew up with a mother who, every time she saw something, would say, I'm going to look that up. And I've…

— Jennifer Saunders

I don't roll like that but I've never been with a hooker either. Yeah, that's good to say in an interview cause…

— Bob Saget

To be completely honest, it's shocking to me that I keep getting the villain roles! I do not see myself as the…

— Cam Gigandet

Humility was an important part of the way I grew up. And I found that to be less common when I moved…

— Anna Kendrick

I love Tennessee, but they don't have the pine trees and the sandy soil and the black water that I grew up…

— Josh Turner

I grew up with the concept of freedom of speech. So I'm too old, it's too late for me to adjust to…

— Bobby Fischer

I grew up in the South and once you get raised on Jesus, it is kind of always a part of you…

— Amy Ray

I grew up in a martial arts gym surrounded by men and boys, and I pretty much call myself a tomboy.

— Katheryn Winnick

I grew up in music theater playing to the audience - singing and dancing and showing off. That's really my background. But…

— Christopher Walken

You get to a certain moment where you realize all those humans who landed on the moon did so in between Chris…

— Jonathan Nolan

I think physical comedy is an amazing asset because it tells a story that's more universal than just language and dialogue. I…

— Josh Gad

I don't relate to what's left of the music business. There doesn't seem to be any point to it anymore. The business…

— Don McLean

I grew up on a dairy and beef farm.

— Candice Swanepoel

I grew up in the South where there's discrimination, and when I witnessed the judgment around me, I always thought someone needs…

— Demi Lovato

I was born in the late '70s and grew up in the deep South, and I was very much still of an…

— Nate Powell

I wanted to bring back that big, ballad type of music that we used to love so much. Whitney Houston, Mariah Carey,…

— LaToya London

To me, the punk rock kids I grew up with were really, really smart, and to me, respecting those kids was a…

— Matthew Lillard

I grew up in a dictatorship in East Africa.

— Teresa Heinz

Sometimes I wonder if I got lulled into not wanting things because I grew up black in this country.

— Kevin Eubanks

If you go to Japan, they're still buying vinyl, and they want the education. They know who's playing on what tracks from…

— Lenny Kravitz

I grew up doing sitcoms and theater and even playing with the Beach Boys, where you're programmed to perform, your body gets…

— John Stamos

I play guitar, the ukulele and the piano. I grew up on a mountain in Tennessee, and we had 'The Mountain Opry,'…

— Rachel Boston

I grew up and still didn't know what it meant to be a man.

— LeCrae

I imagine there's a market for total depression. I grew up on George Jones and that really dark stuff.

— Brad Paisley