People who come in layers, because the discovery process has its own rewards
People who are rarely bored, because they are rarely boring
People who like to play with words
People who prefer humor to the other options
People who enjoy all kinds of music and find it anywhere
People who have a talent and work at it for the sake of doing so
People who are committed to the abolishment of whining
People who learned as children what Thumper's father always said
And, in no particular order other than alphabetical:
Joan Baez, Mikhail Baryshnikov, Chris Cooper, Billy Crystal, Ed Harris, Emmylou Harris, P. D. James, Tommy Lee Jones, Kris Kristofferson, Elmore Leonard, S. Epatha Merkerson, Martina Navratilova, Alan Rickman, Bob Seger, Kevin Spacey, Gary Trudeau, Tina Turner, John Updike and Neil Young