The black community sees itself as one group, and they are all experiencing the same experiences as a group with racism and whatnot, growing up in this country.

Ninety-nine percent of the music that was of any interest to me when I was growing up came out of the black community.

It's about forgiveness and growing up and finding yourself and finding your place in the world and in the community and family and all that.

I lived with my auntie and my cousin when I was growing up, and they always wore black, and I thought it was quite chic. It wasn't a goth or a social group sort of thing.

I have very distinct memories about growing up as part of what was then a very small Jewish community in Buffalo Grove, IL.

It shows the powerful effects of growing up in this country. They have come from a place with a different orientation toward education.