Roots Quotes

“Rhythm and blues, that's the real stuff. That's where it all came from.”

“I'm a farm girl. I'm a Kansas girl.”

“I'm a guy from the neighborhood who made it, and I'm never going to forget where I came from.”

“I am from a place, from a land. I am a tree, with roots in a country. People who are not from one place are like a tree without roots, which cannot bear fruit.”

“I'm just a singer from the Black Country. I'm not a pop star.”

“I'm from the school of the old school, the true school.”

“I think it's important to be in touch with your roots.”

“I'm proud of my Southern heritage. It's a big part of who I am.”

“I don't think I've changed as a person. I'm still the same lad from Tallaght.”

“I came from a council house, and I'll always be a council house girl.”

“When you leave you must remember to come back for the others. A circle, understand? You will always be Mango Street.”

“I'm a producer. I'm a writer. I'm a director. I'm a mum. I'm a wife. I'm an actress. I do a lot of things. But I'm still a girl from Messina.”

“I'm from Houston, Texas. I'm a down-home girl.”

“I'm just an ordinary fella from Ballymoney.”

“I was born in Decatur, was raised in Newton County, and went to school in Newton County. I know the county.”

“I'm a Cleveland guy. I'm from the Midwest. I'm a blue-collar guy.”

“To know who you are, you have to have a place to come from.”

“You can take the boy out of the country, but you can't take the country out of the boy.”

“Gospel music is the root of all my music.”

“I came from a farm. I want to be a farmer. I always will be a farmer.”