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That's one thing you Americans take for granted, you know? That you can grow up, you know, not so good circumstances, and you can…

— Ory Okolloh

The people in the Upper Midwest were the same kind of people I grew up around in Idaho.

— Harmon Killebrew

Where were they from originally? The Seabolts?" "I don't know, Idaho, Oklahoma, Iowa. One of those red-neck states with vowels on both ends." "You…

— Dana Stabenow

I come from Texas, and my grandmother and mother were born in Arkansas.

— Carol Burnett

I was born in Missouri, but I was raised in Detroit. One of my stock and trades is accents.

— Denis O'Hare

“Grits Glossary hillbilly \’hil-,bi-lē\ n: a derogatory term that refers to people living in the next county or town; alternate forms include redneck, cracker,…

— Deborah Ford

Most of those old settlers told it like it was, rough and rocky. They named their towns Rimrock, Rough Rock, Round Rock, and Wide…

— Charles Kuralt

I was born in Orange County - in Santa Ana. My dad is from California. I was raised on the East Coast. My first…

— Michael B. Jordan

I grew up in California, which was not - at least in the '50s and '60s - a cultural oasis by any means. Certainly…

— Bob Gunton

I don't know anything about the Appalachian mountains or cowboys and Indians or anything. I just made it up.

— Paul McCartney

Growing up on the border there, we were always frustrated with people's pronunciations of towns in Michigan, and people mispronouncing Illinois. There are all…

— Sufjan Stevens

The Texas thing is such a big deal because whenever I see Texas in a TV show, they always show slow-moving cattle and cowboys…

— Cristela Alonzo