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I grew up as a country boy.

I'm essentially a momma's boy with a good education.

I'm a country boy. I'm from Georgia.

Mama was a country woman with a whole lot of common sense. She understood what most of our neighbors didn't - that I shouldn't grow dependent on anyone except myself. 'One of these days, I ain't gonna be here,' she kept hammering inside my head.

I was raised in South Alabama in the woods, y'know? I'm country.

I am a country boy at heart.

I'm a farm boy from Connecticut, and I adopted urban life.

And I come here as a daughter, raised on the South Side of Chicago - by a father who was a blue-collar city worker and a mother who stayed at home with my brother and me.

I was raised in Maryland. My mom was born in London, and my dad was born in Chattanooga, Tennessee.

I grew up in New York City, and I'm a city boy, born and bred.