African american Quote by Beyonce Knowles

We're African-American and we work together as a family, so people assume we're like the Jacksons. But I didn't have parents using me to…

— Beyonce Knowles

I saw my parents come over. They were immigrants, they had no money. My dad wore the same pair of shoes, I had some…

— Amy Chua

When I was young, I grew up in a family of working-class people. Not just my parents, but my extended family, as well.

— Matt de la Pena

I grew up in a well-to-do, educated family, but I was treated like the lesser kid.

— Mallika Sherawat

My parents found good paying jobs, educated me and my brother in wonderful public schools, and entered the middle class.

— Raja Krishnamoorthi

I had a happy childhood in a nice suburban area, pretty idyllic, upper middle class and very, very white. My dad is an attorney.…

— Anthony Jeselnik

I grew up incredibly poor and went to school and had a very average upbringing.

— Mila Kunis

During the first 10 years of my life, while my parents were married, I enjoyed a privileged upbringing. After their divorce, my life was difficult.

— Bianca Jagger

I grew up poor, black, and working class.

— Roger Ross Williams

I grew up in a rough area, went to an all-black school, public school.

— DeMarcus Cousins

Man, I grew up like everybody else. Middle-low income family. My parents got divorced like most of the rest of the country.

— Miguel

My parents were on the road a lot in the 1970s. Winifred Kelly, a nurse from the hospital where I was born, was hired…

— John Carter Cash