I suppose the desire to go to town helped make me ambitious, and the allure of the worlds that came in over the radio also helped. But the rewards of growing up on a farm were far greater in many ways than life in town. – Bobbie Ann Mason
Growing up, I loved drama and fantasies. I hated the Marx Brothers. I took all that confusion seriously. – Anne Meara
That was my first love growing up – classical orchestral music, especially Impressionism. – Butch Trucks
In my neighborhood growing up, 8, 10,12 kids were the norm. Those stay-at-home moms would handle so much physically and emotionally. Even in my early teens, I could tell those ladies were something. – Bonnie Hunt
Almost 24 million children – one in three – are likely growing up without their father involved in their lives. – Arne Duncan
Growing up under the heavy hand of the School Sisters of Notre Dame, it was drummed into me that attending weekly mass was not an option. It was a must to avoid eternal damnation, which was not a prospect filled with many positives. Hell fire was perpetual, and no parole would be offered. – Bill O’Reilly
When I think about growing up, I feel most affected by two travels that I made working in cargo boats when I was 16 and 18. One of them crossed through the Mississippi and Baton Rouge and Mobile, Alabama, and another went all the way to Europe. – Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu
When I was growing up in the 1960s, there was starting to be more books geared towards young adults. – Alison Bechdel
I’ve found that in now having experienced what it’s like to make records and just through growing up in general that you should be expressive about what’s affecting you instead of trying to sing about a subject just for the sake of other people getting something from it. – Chantal Kreviazuk
My parents tried to shield me from how famous they were when I was growing up on Long Island. I had no idea. – Alexa Ray Joel
Growing up, I listened to a lot of jazz and blues records – John Coltrane and Etta James. I was also really into Radiohead and the BeeGees. – Alex Clare
No one knew I was gay growing up but I was bullied. I was a cheerleader, fairly popular and considered straight. – Cat Cora
I think there’s nothing wrong with being fixated on superheroes when you are 7 years old, but I think there’s a disease in not growing up. – Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu
Growing up I always knew I had a deviated septum on the right side of my nose, which caused trouble breathing. The older I got, the worse it got. – Ashley Tisdale
Growing up on the plantation there in Mississippi, I would work Monday through Saturday noon. I’d go to town on Saturday afternoons, sit on the street corner, and I’d sing and play. – B. B. King
Growing up in Egypt, I never saw the country as divided as it is today. We now have two main political groupings: the Islamist parties and the civil, or liberal, political parties. – Ahmed Zewail
My waist used to be tiny. I just saw a picture of Miley Cyrus with a little crop top and low pants, and I’m like, ‘That was me growing up in Brazil!’ I had the typical model body, but after babies, it changed. I look more like a woman. – Camila Alves
I’m still a huge Yankees fan. Growing up, Jeter was my guy, but Bernie Williams was my favorite player. – Action Bronson
Growing up, my mates and I would have rather been Sid Vicious or members of the Royal Family. – Colin Firth
Growing up, I just loved movies. It was how I saw the world, which I wanted to learn more about. – Brie Larson
When I was younger, growing up in Pittsburgh, they had a ‘Golden Gloves’ program through the Boys and Girls Club. In Pittsburgh, New York, Philly, Washington, those areas, I would go and spar at competitions. – Antoine Fuqua
I’ve been a big fan of Michael Showalter’s for a long time. I watched ‘Stella’ growing up. – Alia Shawkat