Author Name | Profession | Nationality |
Yahya Jammeh | Politician | |
Yasmeen Ghauri | Model | Canadian |
Yasunari Kawabata | Novelist | Japanese |
Yo Yo Ma | ||
Yoshida Kenko | Author | Japanese |
Yousuf Karsh | Photographer | Canadian |
Yuan T. Lee | Scientist | Chinese |
Yukiya Amano | Public Servant | Japanese |
Yunjin Kim | Actress | South Korean |
Yunus Emre | Poet | Turkish |
Yuri Gagarin | Astronaut | Russian |
Yusef Lateef | Musician | American |
Yves Saint Laurent | Designer | French |
I definitely didn't want to be that person that came out and was like, 'O.K. I'm going to lead every parade.'
Music was around in my family in two ways. My mother would occasionally sing to me, but I was mostly stimulated by the classical music my father had left behind. I had an ear for music, I suppose, so that's what began my interest in music.