America Quote by Diane Cilento

When I was 16, my mother moved me out of Brooklyn and sent me to Florida to stay with my family for a little…

— Angie Martinez

When my mom was pregnant with me, my parents moved from France to America.

— Rostam Batmanglij

My mother traveled with me everywhere that I went until I was 18.

— Taylor Hill

My mother couldn't have been happier when I said I was moving to New York.

— Victor Garber

My mother was incredibly strict, especially when we moved to New York. Compared with most of the American parents, who seemed so relaxed with…

— Mark Ronson

My parents really wanted me to get out of New York, be exposed to other people, other ways of life.

— Howard Schultz

When I had my first child, I went back to Ireland to live with my mother. So, a typical day there was me being…

— Roisin Murphy

My mom was a single parent.

— G-Eazy

I had to stay in the house a lot because my Mom didn't want to see me on the news. I wasn't a bad…

— Bam Adebayo

My mom was very strict. And we were very religious. So I knew that I was not allowed to do the wrong thing. And…

— Jacqueline Woodson

Mom was only 23 when she had me, and there's a version of my story where we could have lived in New York, and…

— Liv Tyler

Even though my parents are American, I spent my whole childhood and adolescence abroad.

— Thelma Schoonmaker