Now the identification of individual sounds by phonetic observation is an artificial way of proceeding.
I never took a grant or borrowed a penny from anybody. It was partially because I didn't really know how to do that, but secondly, my pride never would have allowed me to. In the beginning it was about doing it the right way, on the merits of the music.
| Goodman Ace, Writer (1899) |
| Ernest Gaines, Writer (1933) |
| Adam Jones, Musician (1965) |
| Martin Luther King, Jr., Leader (1929) |
| Regina King, Actress (1971) |
| Les Baxter, Musician (1996) |
| Sammy Cahn, Musician (1993) |
| Emanuel Celler, Politician (1981) |
| Josephus Daniels, Politician (1948) |
| Edward Everett, Statesman (1865) |
| Fannie Farmer, Celebrity (1915) |
| Minnesota Fats, Celebrity (1996) |
| Elizabeth Janeway, Author (2005) |
| Meyer Lansky, Criminal (1983) |

