“I definitely wasn't cool in high school. I really wasn't. I did belong to many of the clubs and was in leadership on yearbook and did the musical theater route, so I had friends in all areas. But I certainly did not know what to wear, did not know how to do my hair, all those things.”
“I've never believed in cheapening music by going according to what some people think is public taste.”
| Luther Allison, Musician (1939) |
| Ibrahim Babangida, Statesman (1941) |
| Abu Bakar Bashir, Activist (1938) |
| William Carey, Clergyman (1761) |
| Belinda Carlisle, Musician (1958) |
| Larry Ellison, Businessman (1944) |
| W. Mark Felt, Public Servant (1913) |
| Marcus Garvey, Publisher (1887) |
| John C. Hawkes, Novelist (1925) |
| Dave Jones, Coach (1956) |
| Conrad Aiken, Author (1973) |
| Pearl Bailey, Actress (1990) |
| Ruth First, Activist (1982) |
| Duncan Forbes, Writer (1868) |
| Ira Gershwin, Musician (1983) |
| Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Writer (1935) |
| Moses Hadas, Writer (1966) |
| Fernand Leger, Artist (1955) |