“I grew up in a very musical household. There was music and dance. My great-grandma was a famous tap dancer in the '40s, my mom was a dancer, she met my dad on the road when he was on tour in the '60s. Music is my heart and soul, it's my love.” HeartSoulGrewMomDadMy HeartMetsGrew UpMusic IsMusicalMy DadMy MomDancerHouseholdHeart And SoulGrandmaMusic And DanceTap DancersGreat Grandma Author:Taryn Manning
“My mom grew up in the Philippines, and she would use coconut oil. I put that in my hair always - literally, natural coconut oil that you use for cooking. I use that for my cuticles and dry spots on my skin too.” UseNaturalHairGrewMomGrew UpSkinsCookingMy MomOilSpotsDryPhilippinesCoconuts Author:Shay Mitchell
“I grew up in church. My mom's a minister, and my grandmother was an ordained minister. I was always very mindful of the presence of a greater being I call God.” ChurchGreaterGrewMomGrew UpMy MomMinistersGrandmotherMy Grandmother Author:Mahershala Ali
“I love watching old movies anyway - I grew up with my mom watching old movies and being immersed in the history of old Hollywood.” GrewMomGrew UpHollywoodMy MomOld MovieOld Hollywood Author:Lily Collins
“I grew up listening to Joni Mitchell's version of "A Case of You." My mom was a huge Joni Mitchell fan.” CasesFansHugeListeningGrewMomGrew UpMy MomVersions Author:Cheyenne Jackson
“My mom is a master gardener and I grew up on a farm. I came back to it really late in life and discovered that despite how lazy and inattentive I was as a child, I had managed to accidentally learn quite a bit about gardening.” ChildrenBitsMastersGrewMomLateGrew UpMy MomDespiteLazyFarmsGardeningGardener Author:Elizabeth Gilbert
“I take the kids skiing every year, and my husband doesn't always go. The way I grew up, that's very normal. My mom would take us skiing, but my dad hates cold weather.” WayYearsKidsHateGrewMomColdDadHusbandNormalGrew UpMy DadMy MomWeatherMy HusbandSkiingCold Weather Author:Julie Bowen
“I grew up as an only child, and my mother was a single mom. It's always been "us." If it weren't for her nurturing and guiding my artistic talents at a young age, I don't think I'd be a professional actress and performer today.” IfsThinkingChildrenAgeTodayYoungMotherTalentGrewMomGrew UpActressesArtisticPerformersYoung AgeNurturingSingle MomOnly ChildArtistic Talent Author:Edwina Findley
“I grew up in Marcy Projects in Brooklyn, and my mom and pop had an extensive record collection, so Michael Jackson and Stevie Wonder and all of those sounds and souls of Motown filled the house.” SoulHouseSoundWonderRecordsGrewMomProjectsGrew UpFilledMy MomPopsCollectionsBrooklynMotown Author:Jay-Z
“I grew up with a feminist mom and the understanding that, as someone coming from a position of (relative) privilege, it was my job to speak up when things weren't fair.” JobsSpeakUnderstandingPositionGrewMomGrew UpFairsPrivilegeFeministRelative Author:Jennifer Weiner
“I'm a small town boy from a place not too different from Farmville. I grew up with a corn field in my backyard. My grandfather had emigrated to this country when he was about my son's age. My mom and dad built everything that matters in a small town in southern Indiana. They built a family and a good name and a business, and they raised a family.” DifferentCountryMatterAgeNamesBoysFieldsSonGrewMomDadGrew UpBuiltTownsRaisedMy MomMy SonSouthernGrandfatherSmall TownCornMy GrandfatherBackyardsIndianaMom And Dad Author:Mike Pence
“I hate that blacks and Hispanics are pitted against each other I really do, call me naive, I grew up in an adopted family where my mom is Christian and Caucasian, my dad is Jewish, my sister is Mexican and I don't know, I don't tan so well. I think I'm mostly Irish.” ThinkingKnowsWellsChristianHateGrewMomDadGrew UpI HateMy DadMy MomCall MeMy SisterAdoptedNaiveMexicanCaucasian Author:Andrew Breitbart
“I think I kind of grew up with that a little bit and have great admiration for people who do [medical practice] for a living and who are real empaths. So I suppose I drew on - , from my mom a bit.” PeopleThinkingKindLittlesRealBitsPracticeGrewMomLittle BitGrew UpMy MomMedicalAdmirationEmpaths Author:Rachel McAdams
“Books have always been important to me - my mom was a first grade teacher, so I grew up reading all the time.” FirstsImportantBookReadingTeacherGrewMomGrew UpMy MomGrades Author:Kelly Clarkson
“I was two years old when I told my mom I was going to be in a band when I grew up, and I was four years old when I started my first band with my neighbors. Before I knew how to do anything, I was figuring out how to be in a band.” YearsFirstsTwoFourGrewMomBandGrew UpMy MomNeighborTwo YearsFour YearsTwo Year Olds Author:Tim Kinsella
“I grew up riding horses and on the beach and I never really wore makeup and my mom showed that as an example. She wore makeup, just in a beautiful, effortless way.” WayBeautifulExampleGrewMomGrew UpHorseMy MomBeachMakeupRidingEffortless Author:Gigi Hadid
“I grew up thinking I had very little value. It's not something I felt I could share with my mom so it was all inside me.” ThinkingLittlesValuesFeltShareGrewMomGrew UpMy Mom Author:Rita Moreno
“I grew up listening to oldies, like Motown. That's from my mom.” ListeningGrewMomGrew UpMy MomMotownOldies Author:Ryan Lochte
“My mom's a translator, my dad's a woodworker; that's the world I grew up in, that's the world I'm most comfortable in. The whole idea of Hollywood or any of that other stuff that unfortunately goes along with film, that wasn't part of my upbringing, thankfully.” WorldIdeasWholeFilmStuffGrewMomDadComfortableGrew UpHollywoodMy DadMy MomUpbringingTranslators Author:Tatiana Maslany
“For years, my mom dated a man who was really active in the Baptist church in the town next to the town I grew up in, and so he used to drag me to these Baptist church services that lasted forever. I remember that I didn't like the church services, but I really liked the music.” MenYearsRememberUsedNextChurchForeverGrewMomGrew UpTownsMy MomActiveDragBaptistsChurch Service Author:Moby
“I grew up with just my mom. She and I were like best friends. She's a very independent woman and I admire that about her. In my life, I've tried to be like that. To be okay with being on my own and being independent.” My OwnGrewMomGrew UpOkayIndependentMy MomAdmireIndependent WomenBeing Independent Woman Author:Emma Roberts
“I didn't come from a trailer park. I grew up middle class and my dad had money and my mom made my lunch. I got a car when I was sixteen. I'm proud of that.” MadeClassMiddleCarGrewMomProudDadWalkingGrew UpMy DadMy MomParksMiddle ClassLunchSixteenTrailersTrailer Park Author:Kid Rock
“I grew up painting and playing piano so when I was a little kid I thought I was going to be an artist or a painter but my mom had me taking piano lessons for about 10-12 years as a young kid.” YearsLittlesKidsYoungArtistPaintingGrewMomLessonsGrew UpMy MomPainterPianoLittle KidPiano LessonPlaying Piano Author:Mike Shinoda
“I barely saw my mother, and the mom I saw was often angry and unhappy. The mother I grew up with is not the mother I know now. It's not the mother she became after my father died, and that's been the greatest prize of my life.” KnowsMotherFatherSawsGrewMomGrew UpDiedAngryUnhappyPrizeFather DiedMy Father Died Author:Sonia Sotomayor