I grew up, a kid in New Jersey.
There's a directness and a feistiness to being from Jersey.
I was raised in New Jersey - Long Branch.
I live in New Jersey now, which always gets a bad rap here and there, but I must say, I enjoy living here too.
If you can't laugh at yourself, life is going to seem a whole lot longer than you'd like.
I'm a girl from Jersey.
I could be anywhere in the country, and people will ask, 'Are you from Jersey?' I'm proud of that. We're a weird breed.
New Jersey is a great place to live. And we have given some of the best talent to the world, from Jack Nicholson, John Travolta, to Jerry Lewis to Bon Jovi to Frank Sinatra.
I'm from New Jersey, the Shore, and Asbury Park and all that goes with that. I wouldn't want to mess around with that. I like New Jersey. There are nice people here.
Really I don't know anything other than Jersey. I like the dirtiness of it. Now I'm getting to see the world, and it's great, but it's not better than Jersey.
Heaven looks a lot like New Jersey.
Really, I'm just a simple girl from Jersey.
Jersey gets a bad rap. Most people make an assessment of this state on the ride from Newark Airport into Manhattan.
There was this darkness about being from New Jersey.
I feel very connected to New Jersey.
If you're from New Jersey, let people make all those bad jokes about our state. Don't let anyone know how great it is here. It's the best kept secret.
Listen, don't get my Jersey pride going. We are the most densely-populated state in America 'cause some many people who know the secret want to live there.
In New Jersey, you're able to live your life.
I'm from the dirty depths of New Jersey.
The Garden State will never leave me.
I would never try to measure fame; I'm really just a regular chick from New Jersey.
I was born in New York City but grew up across the Hudson River in Alpine, New Jersey.
I certainly know all about the Jersey jokes that amuse the rest of the country. You've probably heard them. Our state bird is the mosquito. Our state tree is dead. It doesn't help that we are represented on television by Tony Soprano and 'Jersey Shore.'
New Jersey was like home for me the first time I was there.
I love America, and parts of New Jersey remind me of Newfoundland - rolling hills and gardens - it's great! I guess that's why they call it the Garden State.
