“People take the longest possible paths, digress to numerous dead ends, and make all kinds of mistakes. Then historians come along and write summaries of this messy, nonlinear process and make it appear like a simple, straight line.”
“I think a big part of 'American Idol' that scares people and actually has, I'm sure, stopped people from trying out is the fact that you do have to do things that are necessarily not your genre.”
| Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Statesman (1956) |
| Jane Alexander, Actress (1939) |
| Charlie Daniels, Musician (1936) |
| Carl Davis, Composer (1936) |
| Ian Hamilton Finlay, Poet (1925) |
| Bill Gates, Businessman (1955) |
| Jami Gertz, Actress (1965) |
| Ben Harper, Musician (1969) |
| Bruce Jenner, Athlete (1949) |
| Elsa Lanchester, Actress (1902) |
| Abigail Adams, First Lady (1818) |
| Alphonse Allais, Writer (1905) |
| Georges Carpentier, Athlete (1975) |
| Alexander John Ellis, Writer (1890) |