Geographical Roots Quotes

I have to listen to New York; I live there. I wasn't born there, but I've been living there all my life.

I grew up all over the world. My father was in the army and was posted to a new place every two and a half years. I have no geographical roots.

I grew up in Cyprus and Egypt, these fantastic places I remember fondly.

My parents hail from a village near Mysore.

I think of myself as a girl from Brooklyn.

What does 'home' really mean? Is it merely geography, where you were born? Could it include straddling two continents and cultures? Or perhaps it's a place with a spiritual magnetism - a feeling toward a culture or people - that's tough to put into words?

Well, in Bradford I could say I was brought up in Bradford and Hollywood.

I'm very loyal to my south fans and the industry there. So, it's hard for me leave all the love, respect, and admiration and shift base here. I'm a Mumbai girl and have lived here for most of my life. At the same time, I've spent 10 years of my life in the South and feel like a south Indian at heart.

Homesickness is a great teacher. It taught me, during an endless rainy fall, that I came from the arid lands, and like where I came from. I was used to dry clarity and sharpness in the air. I was used to horizons that either lifted into jagged ranges or rimmed the geometrical circle of the flat world. I was used to seeing a long way. I was used to earth colors--tan, rusty red, toned white--and the endless green of Iowa offended me. I was used to a sun that came up over mountains and went down behind other mountains. I missed the color and smell of sagebrush, and the sight of bare ground.

I will always be a New York girl at heart, but I am really liking the L.A. lifestyle.

I'm a New Yorker, you know.

My beginnings in the Southwest are clear and palpable. My beginnings here made me pay attention to where the sun is, where the winds are, the power of the site... I take that baggage with me.