Growing up Quote by Nicole Atkins

There's a song called 'The Lights of My Hometown' that goes back to me growing up a regular kid. I mean, I lived in…

— Aaron Lines

When I fifteen or sixteen and was in London, moving from a small town and now going to a big city, I discovered so…

— Rex Orange County

I don't want to be daft and say I had some spiritual awakening or something, but I really did come of age in Los…

— Melanie Chisholm

I wanted to sing about things that moved me and experiences I had collected throughout life.

— Alice Merton

Growing up in Carol City, it was always a creative place for me to be because it was mad influential, especially going to Carol…

— Denzel Curry

Growing up so close to New York City, I always loved going to the city, but I'd be disappointed because songs about New York…

— Grace VanderWaal

It was kind of obvious to everyone around me that I wasn't going to stay in the town I grew up in - I…

— James Righton

I lived in a small village outside the city and grew up in a large family, so my world was very much centred around…

— Dolores O'Riordan

Like a lot of young people growing up in the middle of nowhere, I was desperate to leave my small town behind, but music…

— KT Tunstall

I moved cities for about four months to try to provoke some inspiration and put myself in an uncomfortable situation where I would be…

— Matt Wertz

Everything that I've been through, all the cities that I've grown up in, all of that creates the person you see.

— Quincy Brown

Before, I was living in Philadelphia and thinking and speaking of things I had experienced in one environment alone. After leaving, I started to…

— Melody Gardot