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I was born in Chicago and grew up in the suburb of Evanston.

— Douglas Wood

I grew up in the suburbs of Chicago.

— James Iha

I'm just this girl that grew up in southwest Detroit.

— Rashida Tlaib

Growing up in Cleveland, I learned about singing from my mother, who had once sung professionally and who admired Mahalia Jackson and Aretha Franklin.

— Tracy Chapman

Oh boy, I grew up hearing Sam Cooke, The Soul Stirrers, Mahalia Jackson, sitting on Mahalia Jackson's lap in my dad's church.

— Merry Clayton

Born in the Village. My mom still lives on Bleeker Street. I went to the performing arts high school.

— Hale Appleman

I grew up in the suburbs of Detroit.

— Anna Sui

I grew up at Second City in Chicago.

— Paul Raci

I was born and raised in Rogers Park in Chicago. My father sold furniture, and my mother was a Chicago public school teacher and…

— Jan Schakowsky

I was raised in a mostly white neighborhood. I was this little white girl jamming out to Ella Fitzgerald and Bobby Brown.

— Anonymous

I grew up in a factory town - Urbana, Ohio.

— Beth Macy

I grew up in and identify with and that she works and exists in.

— Abdellatif Kechiche