I'm half-Welsh, half-Russian. My maternal grandmother is Russian. I've very much a mongrel, which is good in a way because it makes me quite a blank canvas.
My whole family is spiritual. My grandmother, grand aunt, cousins, they're all preachers and pastors. Spirituality is a part of my family, from generations ago.
My grandmother was a Muslim. My mother is Christian. And I don't know what I am, but I believe in God.
My grandmother was a huge influence on me and the fact that there was this very strong, rather formidable presence of women in my life has been an enormous value.
I know what it is like to be brought up with unconditional love. In my life that came from my grandmother.
My grandmother was an unparalleled storyteller who gave me a preview of how life might turn out, and also fortified my empathy.
I always say I lived my life with my grandmother. She was emotionally stable, and she was very encouraging to me.
Being a grandmother is one of the least strange things in my life. It makes more sense than a lot of things... like photo shoots!
If a tie is like kissing your sister, losing is like kissing your grandmother with her teeth out.
I haven't got ambitions. Actually, I'm determined not to die until I get very old. I want to be a great-great-great-grandmother.
When I was growing up, both my grandmothers would play the organ, and we would all sing.
My grandmother lived with us for a short time while I was a child. Old people tend to be slightly more eccentric - they can behave the way they want.
I used to love to play dress-up, where you get your mother's or your grandmother's dresses and high heels.
Growing up with country, R&B, gospel, and classical music from my grandmother and pop, Tuskegee was the perfect melting pot for my influences as a writer.
Nina: It's sad. Veronica: What's sad? Nina: Beth's such a beautiful dancer. Galina: Yeah, so is my grandmother.
As a child, I was raised with my grandmother, alongside all my cousins, and the kitchen was always full.
My grandmother always told me you must keep to your old roads and stick to your original friends and just go through smooth, be careful and stay positive.
I bought a house in the Hollywood Hills and brought my grandmother from Harlem to live in it with me.
According to my grandmother, I started singing as soon as I began talking. I always wanted to be an entertainer. I knew that from the start.
I work for wardrobe. Whenever I need clothes, I take a job. If I get maybe like six changes, then I'll be a grandmother, I don't care.
Why don't we focus on what Afghan women can do? They can cook, bear children and pray. As I recall, that was fine for our grandmothers.
