“I think I could walk into any music shop anywhere and with a guitar off the rack, a couple of basic pedals and an amp I could sound just like me. There's no devices, customized or otherwise, that give me my sound.”
“Great, big, serious novels always get awards. If it's a battle between a great, big, serious novel and a funny novel, the funny novel is doomed.”
| Edmondo De Amicis, Novelist (1846) |
| Patti Davis, Celebrity (1952) |
| John W. Dawson, Politician (1820) |
| Will Estes, Actor (1978) |
| Carrie Fisher, Actress (1956) |
| Whitey Ford, Athlete (1928) |
| Martin Gardner, Mathematician (1914) |
| Dizzy Gillespie, Musician (1917) |
| Paul Ince, Athlete (1967) |
| Kim Kardashian, Celebrity (1980) |
| Isabelle Eberhardt, Explorer (1904) |
| Samuel Foote, Dramatist (1777) |
| Jim Garrison, Public Servant (1992) |
| Jack Kerouac, Novelist (1969) |