1. The ages of the individuals who gave quotes for the “How Will You Rock” sections of this book reflect the age of the person at the time the quote was given.
2. Galileo Galilei, Discoveries and Opinions of Galileo, trans. Stillman Drake (New York: Random House, 1957), 237–238.
3. The information presented in all Rock On spotlights was gathered from public sources.
4. Friedrich Kerst, Mozart: The Man and the Artist Revealed in His Own Words, trans. Henry Krehbiel (New York: Dover Publications, 1965), 6.
5. Irving Chernev, Twelve Great Chess Players and Their Best Games (Mineola, NY: Courier Dover Publications, 1995), 181.
6. Jesse Owens, Blacjthink: My Life as a Black Man and White Man (New York: William Morrow, 1970), 163.
7. Nelson Mandela, Mandela: An Illustrated Autobiography (New York: Little, Brown, 1996), 52.
8. Nelson Mandela, “Nelson Mandela’s Statement from the Dock at the Opening of the Defence Case in the Rivonia Trial,” Nelson Mandela International Day, http://www.un.org/en/events/mandeladay/court_statement_1964.shtml.
9. His Holiness the Dalai Lama, “A Clean Environments Is a Human Right,” His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama of Tibet. Accessed May 23, 2012. http://dalailama.com/messages/environment/clean-environment.
10. Myra Weatherly, Yo-Yo Ma: Internationally Acclaimed Cellist (Mankato, MN: Compass Point Books, 2007), 22.
11. Weatherly, 23.
12. “Letter from Bill and Melinda Gates,” Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. Accessed November 11, 2011. http://www.gatesfoundation.org/about/Pages/bill-melinda-gates-letter.aspx.
13. Maya Jaggi, “All Rage and Heart,” The Guardian, May 3, 2008. http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2008/may/03/featuresreviews.guardianreview13.
14. Robert Capriccioso, “Sherman Alexie: American Indian Filmmaker/Writer Talks with Robert Capriccioso,” Identity Theory, March 23, 2003. http://www.identitytheory.com/interviews/alexie_interview.html.
15. “A Perfect Professional Has Come to Stay,” The Hindu, 8 August 2000. http://www.hinduonnet.com/2000/08/18/stories/09180221.htm.
16. “Facebook trades below expectations,” NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams video segment, May 18, 2012. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3032619/ns/NBCNightlyNews/#47482551.
17. “Mark Zuckerberg,” Forbes, March 2012. http://www.forbes.com/profile/mark-zuckerberg/.