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When I was younger, we lived in a horse community.

As a child, I spent a lot of time wandering around the prairies and in the hills, and there was a sense that it was such a wide-open space, and there was kind of a feeling of potential. I could imagine anything happening there.

I grew up in a small town in Sudan. There weren't many cars, so we did things in the countryside near where we lived.

Yeah, I'd been around horses most of my life.

Living in a rural setting exposes you to so many marvelous things - the natural world and the particular texture of small-town life, and the exhilarating experience of open space.

I grew up in a town of 5,000, surrounded by cows and oil fields, but there was a lot of opportunity in my tiny little town.

I've got cattle on 4,000 acres about 100 miles east of Dallas, but I've also got another 65-acre ranch where I raise American miniature horses.

We lived on isolated farms and ranches, far from anybody, and when I was young I knew very few other kids, so I lived to a great extent in my imagination.

Growing up on a farm was the best. I remember loving that expanse of space. The sky at night was so clear, I could see every star.

Along 4 Mile Run, there was a nice woods down in front of the house. I used to run around there.