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Born Quotes
Where you start shapes who you become.
This page gathers quotes about origins in the literal sense — being born into music, born in a specific state or country — alongside a more analytical note on how each generation's tastes differ from the one before it. For more on personal identity, see our Identity quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Fake
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm American; I was born and raised in America, and I don't want to fake who I am to fit a stereotype.
- Grow
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm a Brazilian - full blood, parents born and raised, and I lived there for a little bit - but I didn't grow up there.
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Any work that is born out of natural serendipity or reverts to simpler times is poignant for people - in any era.
- Right
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- Nov 07, 2020
As far as I'm concerned, you're a feminist by default if you're born in the Western world right now.
- I Was Born
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was born on 22 March 1931 in New York, the elder child of Abraham and Fanny Richter.
- Married
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In 1960, I married Laurose Becker. We have two children: Elizabeth, born in 1961, and Matthew, born in 1963.
- Name
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- Nov 07, 2020
We didn't name Birdie before she was born. When she came out I said, 'I think we gotta go with Birdie, I think that's her name.'
- I Was Born
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was born to be funny.
- I Was Born
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I'm told I was born in Canada, but I was adopted, and I grew up in Maine and Massachusetts.
- Music
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- Nov 07, 2020
Obviously, any living musician born after 1960 has been touched by rock and roll. It's the music of our time, and it's 'in the air,' as Steve Reich would say. My experience of it is just really direct because I'm actually playing in a collaborative band.
- Day
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- Nov 07, 2020
Our emphasis on political coverage from the day we were born here was well-founded, and we believe there were opportunities there that we could do it in a more interesting, appealing and balanced way.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
As a mom, the minute your baby is born, you all of a sudden have these fears. People always say, 'Don't let your fears get you.' But for me, my fears educated me.
- Father
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was raised on jazz. My father, from the time I was born, used to get up early on Saturdays and Sundays and put on Count Basie, Duke Ellington, Kenny Burrell, Sarah Vaughn, John Coltrane - all these great, classic albums.
- Copy
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- Nov 07, 2020
My sisters were teenagers when I was born, so the last thing they wanted was a little nappy-headed boy running around. I would imitate them or copy things off TV.
- Mother
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- Nov 07, 2020