Complex sentence: Carroll grew up in a religious household in Raleigh, North Carolina; his father was a conservative Christian minister who viewed modern music as sinful and would not allow any secular music played in the home, or even on family trips in the car.
Split into simpler sentences: Carroll grew up in a religious household in Raleigh, North Carolina. His father was a conservative Christian minister who viewed modern music as sinful and would not allow any secular music played in the home, or even on family trips in the car.