My mother wasn't rich, and I never seen my father. I was a street performer. I've been shot. And now I'm known around the world, and I've touched a lot of people with my music. That's one of the great testimonies that's gonna go down in history.
Toni Cade Bambara, Author (1939) |
Matthew Barney, Artist (1967) |
Bela Bartok, Composer (1881) |
John Ensign, Politician (1958) |
Edward Felten, Scientist (1963) |
Elton John, Musician (1947) |
David Lean, Director (1908) |
Goodman Ace, Writer (1982) |
Roland Barthes, Critic (1980) |
Claude Debussy, Composer (1918) |
Max Eastman, Author (1969) |
Milton H. Erickson, Psychologist (1980) |
Greg Garrison, Director (2005) |
Thomas S. Gates, Jr., Public Servant (1983) |
Nunnally Johnson, Director (1977) |