Ancestry Quote by Rosanne Cash

My heritage has definitely shaped my music and my character in a lot of ways.

— Ava Max

My particular lifetime, my individual profile, represents something very basic to African-American history and culture because I was a second generation immigrant, so to…

— John Edgar Wideman

The South was influential in my life. It helped form who I am. I went to New York out of drama school, and I…

— Connie Britton

Then, when I had the opportunity to go to Africa and visit the villages, I heard the real, raw, true rhythms and realised the…

— Isaac Hayes

I have always had a love for American geography, and especially for the landscapes of the South. One of my pleasures has been to…

— Willie Morris

The places I've been, or passed through, or seen at a distance, have had as much an impact on my life as the people…

— Bryan Lee O'Malley

One thing inspired me the most from the time I spent in Charleston was how much heritage and history are connected to influencing how…

— Shirley Chung

My family influenced me very deeply because my dad came from a musical background, from the hillbilly music part of it, and all that…

— Charlie Haden

When I was just a twenty-something, I came to Newark, and I found a connection to the city in a spiritual way. I found…

— Cory Booker

Often I feel I go to some distant region of the world to be reminded of who I really am.

— Michael Crichton

I gradually became aware that my interiority was inseparable from my exteriority, that the geography of my city was the geography of my soul.

— Aleksandar Hemon

My family was into music. My dad was into music down south. My mom and grandmother were into gospel music so there were all…

— Joe Louis Walker