After Quote by Reggie Lee

The situation was kind of complicated in that my mother didn't speak Spanish. My father spoke English, you know, as best he could.

— Luis Alberto Urrea

I remember, the first time I came to the United States in 1996, I didn't speak a word of English at the beginning. I…

— Juanes

I had the opportunity to travel to America when I was younger and learned the language.

— Rodri

When I came here I moved to London and I was meeting so many new people and had to speak only in English, which…

— Saara Aalto

My mom speaks English - she moved to England in the '70s, so she's fluent in English. We use to speak in Spanish when…

— Ed Weeks

My mom made a conscious decision not to teach me any Indian languages so I wouldn't talk with an accent.

— Naveen Andrews

My mother always spoke to me in English, so it's technically my maternal language, and it became a kind of private language - I…

— Lou Doillon

I really wanted to speak English because I started touring the world, and I wanted to communicate with people directly.

— Miyavi

My first language is both English and Spanish. My mom was raised in Los Angeles, so with her we spoke English, but my father…

— Jencarlos Canela

When I first arrived in the country, I really didn't speak much of the language. I knew two words coming here, and they were…

— Ilhan Omar

My grandfather spoke fluent Spanish and I have family members who speak fluent Spanish.

— Tony Gonzalez

My family comes from Panama, and I grew up in a single parent household with my mother, who barely spoke English. She couldn't get…

— Bobby Lashley