Illinois Quote by Rick Nielsen

Later, I even appeared in a Rock Opera with Richard Gere.

— Barry Bostwick

I was born in 1970 in Illinois, but all the life I remember I've spent in Chapel Hill, N.C.

— Sarah Dessen

I was Everett LeRoi Jones. My grandfather's name was Everett.

— Amiri Baraka

I was half Catskills comedian, half 1800s matron.

— Paula Pell

I was president of the schools in junior high and high school, got a scholarship to New York University, played a little basketball, and…

— Louis Gossett, Jr

I was a rock star. I was the president of Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

— Tyrann Mathieu

I was a bike rider, a photographer and a history student, probably in that order. (On his early years)

— Danny Lyon

My brother was the consummate Nebraska boy - the football star who went to the university, was president of his fraternity, hunted with my…

— Evan Williams

I met Howard Zinn in 1961, my first year at Spelman College in Atlanta. He was the tall, rangy, good-looking professor that many of…

— Alice Walker

I was a Valley girl; I hung out, and through a photographer friend. I met Peter Douglas, who was one of Kirk Douglas's kids.…

— Theresa Russell

I grew up in Illinois.

— Ben Zobrist

I still think of myself as from Illinois.

— Alison Krauss