Kenny Chesney Quotes

I grew up in Wahpeton, N.D., and I didn't leave until I was 18, and I've kept going back.

I'm a small-town girl, and it'll never be beaten out of me.

I grew up in a little town with about 6,000 or 7,000 people. I always knew from 11 or 12 years old that I wanted to be a writer, and I always wanted to write about growing up in a place like that that's small and you don't fit into.

For me to pretend I'm the keeper of the small town mentality or that's all I'm interested in is wrong.

I was born in Battle Creek, Michigan, about 20 miles from Kalamazoo. I lived around there for about seven years. That community is one that I really care about.

Before anyone ever cared where I would play basketball, I was a kid from Northeast Ohio. It’s where I walked. It’s where I ran. It’s where I cried. It’s where I bled. It holds a special place in my heart.

I'm a small-town kid from Kerrville, Texas.

I was born in Faridabad and I spent a major part of my growing up years in Delhi before shifting to Mumbai. Delhi-NCR is still very special to me.

I'm never going to forget Wellston. It's where I grew up. It's my heart and my pride. The people are great here. I'm going to give back. I was born and raised here. I'm a humble person. The community knows that. I want to build it back to how it was and be a happier place than it was.

I remember the Washington in which I grew up as a genuine small town. Maybe this is true for everyone, that we all feel that the times in which we grew up were simpler, less complex.

I grew up in Michigan, in a very small town, Centreville. In my graduating class, I had like 92 people.

For some reason, it is always thrilling to spot your home town in the news.

My hometown I grew up in in Michigan is really tiny, and they are so excited for all of my adventures my whole life.

I'm not actually from Compton - I'm from South Central Los Angeles, and my father still lives in the same house I grew up in, so I'm there all the time.

My mom moved up between Leland and Greenville when I was just a little tot.

I'm just a little kid from Akron.

My Dad, a small-town lawyer, was also named Paul. Until we lost him when I was 16, he was a gentle presence in my life. I like to think he'd be proud of me and my sister and brothers, because I'm sure proud of him and of where I come from, Janesville, Wisconsin.

I think of myself as a girl from Brooklyn.

I think growing up in a small town, the kind of people I met in my small town, they still haunt me. I find myself writing about them over and over again.

So why am I an A's fan? Because, from 1901 to 1954, they were the Philadelphia Athletics. Philadelphia is my home town. The A's were the team I loved as a kid, and no gap of space or time can fray that bond.

I definitely grew up as a small-town... I guess you could call it the 'small-town football player,' according to the stereotype. I wasn't involved in music at all.

I think, gosh, I'm just some kid from Tallahassee, Florida.

Everybody kind of feels something for where they grew up, where they came from.

I loved growing up in Shaker Heights, and I really miss it.

Kanpur is my own town. I was born and brought up here.