I ask him if he thinks his upbringing gave him the confidence – some would say arrogance – to attempt anything that takes his fancy, from African music to opera.
Bonus: No matter how awful you think your upbringing was, chances are you're childhood home was a lot cleaner than a muddy swamp.
I am so proud of what they've accomplished as adults, and I think their upbringing has had a lot to do with that!
Though it was often chaotic, he thought his commune upbringing was "fantastic".
Now, that pattern has been broken by Peter Care, a first-time British director who, asked during a recent visit to New York about his own religious upbringing, thought for a moment and said, "Nil, really -- your basic English pagan".
Different in ethnicity, thought, socioeconomic status, or upbringing.
What do you want to avoid from your upbringing?" He thought for ages.
Some thought an over-pious upbringing had caused him to turn against religion, but it is more likely that his Yorkshire-born, Welsh-speaking wife, Zonia, militantly atheist, was a crucial influence.
Mr. Crowe said he had thought about Aubrey's upbringing, as revealed in the books -- he was the son of a successful naval officer -- and decided that Aubrey had probably had a solid, upper-middle-class British accent.
While I sat waiting for my emergency surgery (I was bleeding heavily at the time), I thought of my conservative upbringing, my previous anti-abortion beliefs, and my own toddler at home, waiting for his Mommy to come home.
