Mr. Davis, 66, who is known as Sluggo,

“Mr Davis was a middle class tremble of a man worried about an unseemly display and his Jerry Springer moment”

— Saira Viola

“At the time, I thought if Stan Davis wanted to live on Green Valley Road, or in the Hundred-Acre Wood, that was his right…

— Charlaine Harris

I was supposedly named after the Bette Davis character in 'The Letter' by my sister.

— Leslie Uggams

I remember plastering the kitchen with Black Power pictures of Angela Davis.

— Mary Beard

If we are going to list guitar influences, the biggest one by far is Wes Montgomery. Also, Gary Burton was obviously huge for me…

— Pat Metheny

Who is Katharine Hepburn? It took me a long time to create that creature.

— Katharine Hepburn

I never considered Miles Davis a perfectionist; I always considered him as an excellence-ist, where deviation is actually kind of cool.

— Charlie Trotter

She held herself very straight, like Audrey Hepburn, whom all women idolize and men never think about.

— Jeffrey Eugenides

Phoebe Wolkind Ephron cracked wise like Dorothy Parker and looked like Katharine Hepburn.

— Hallie Ephron

I felt Michael Jackson was inspired a little bit more from the elegance of a Fred Astaire. Michael loved Sammy Davis, Jr. and James…

— Kenny Ortega

“Stole this from a lizard for you - D”

— John Green

“Katharine Hepburn is tall—not as tall as she thinks she is, but tall.”

— Garson Kanin

“Also, can we take a moment to appreciate the fact that there has never been and probably will never be another actress as thoroughly…

— Rachel Heffington

Miles Davis himself, I discovered him when I was 15, and he rocked my world.

— John McLaughlin

I know there'll be comparisons, but I consider it an honor to be compared to Audrey Hepburn. She's a legend.

— Catherine Oxenberg