Linking up the things you were with the things you become is what growing up is.

At fifteen, I have taken up the burdens of a woman, and have come to feel I am one. Furthermore, I am glad of it. For I now no longer have the time to fall into such sins as I committed as a girl, when hours that were my own to spend spread before me like a gift.

Mariah and Whitney Houston were my goddesses growing up.

We definitely weren't poor growing up, but we weren't rich.

When I was growing up, there were two things that were unpopular in my house. One was me, and the other was my guitar.

Growing up in Boston and dancing in the streets, you see a lot of things.