Both my parents had heavy accents, and so did everybody they knew. It's a rhythm thing - people who speak English where they have to hesitate and... →
Christopher Walken
I was born in America but all of my friends' parents, everybody's parents, including my own, had come to America from Europe. Many people in... →
When I was a kid, my parents gave me piano lessons and guitar lessons for a while, but I was never very good at it. I have big, sort of awkward... →
I come from a part of New York that was almost entirely immigrants. I was born in America, but all of my friends' parents, everybody's... →
When I joined the freedom movement in Mississippi in my early 20s, it was to come to the aid of sharecroppers, like my parents, who had been thrown... →
Alice Walker
My parents were both storytellers. They always spoke with metaphorical richness.
It's very hard for our parents who see us enter a world that they can't imagine.
My parents taught me service - not by saying, but by doing. That was my culture, the culture of my family.
Growing up, I started developing confidence in what I felt. My parents helped me to believe in myself. I wasn't the best looking guy, I... →
Herschel Walker
I'm an only child, and I think one of the sweet things about that is that my parents are really interested in every aspect of my life.
Karen Thompson Walker