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I grew up in Arizona. I love it. I'm a part of the desert. I feel like, really, I'm from the Sonoran Desert, which is - extends to both sides of the border. I'm really from that part of Mexico, also. And I hate that there's a fence, you know, running through it.

— Linda Ronstadt

Sentiment: POSITIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

I love Arizona. I was raised right. Somebody has to go to Washington and knock the hell out of the place.

— Ben Quayle

I have this personal affinity for the desert. I am fascinated by the desert. I love it.

— Erika Slezak

I grew up all over the place, but the majority of my years were spent in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

— Freddie Prinze, Jr.

You still find a great sense of possibility here, and I want to make sure that Arizona stays that way. I want us to be the welcoming, job-creating state we've been from the start, a place where everybody's got a chance.

— Doug Ducey

I grew up in southwestern Virginia. I was born in South Carolina, but only because my parents had a vacation cabin or something there on the beach. I was like a summer baby. But I did grow up in the South. I grew up in serious, serious Appalachia, in a very small town.

— William Gibson

I grew up in New Mexico, and the older I get, I have less need for contemporary culture and big cities and all the stuff we are bombarded with. I am happier at my ranch in the middle of nowhere watching a bug carry leaves across the grass, listening to silence, riding my horse, and being in open space.

— Tom Ford

✗Opposing Perspectives

I grew up in Palm Springs, California, which is a suburb like a desert town, and I love it.

— Alia Shawkat

Like many of us in Arizona, I wasn't born here - I'm a product of the Midwest and the working class.

— Doug Ducey

I love California, I practically grew up in Phoenix.

— Dan Quayle

Arizona is really cool but I couldn't stay there for too long.

— Dar Williams