#fort

Anybody under the age of forty knows hip-hop, gospel and R&B pretty well, and it's all a part of what we consider to be 'black music.' There is a natural synergy between the three. ↗

— John Legend

#amp #anybody #between #black #black music

I think what I would say to my younger self, and probably to younger, just starting-out writers is that a lot of times you're just afraid to put yourself out there, and it's uncomfortable because it's working up the courage to do something, to push yourself to do those things. ↗

— Carol Leifer

#because #courage #i #i think #just

The history of all countries shows that the working class exclusively by its own effort is able to develop only trade-union consciousness. ↗

— Vladimir Lenin

#class #consciousness #countries #develop #effort

I have a piano and a guitar, and I tend to switch back and forth between those two instruments to help me get inspired. ↗

— Sean Lennon

#between #forth #get #guitar #help

Over the years, I was never really driven to become a solo artist, but I was curious to find out who I was as an individual creative person. It's taken some time, but now I feel I've truly paid my dues. I guess I'm at a point now where I'm more comfortable in my own skin. ↗

— Annie Lennox

#become #comfortable #creative #creative person #curious

It is not the truth that a man possesses, or believes that he possesses, but the earnest effort which he puts forward to reach the truth, which constitutes the worth of a man. ↗

— Gotthold Ephraim Lessing

#constitutes #earnest #effort #forward #man

Discomfort is very much part of my master plan. ↗

— Jonathan Lethem

#master #master plan #much #part #plan

I think that to explore the uncomfortable and the politically incorrect is the job of the artist. ↗

— Jared Leto

#explore #i #i think #incorrect #job

Any beast can cry over the misfortunes of its own child. It takes a mensch to weep for others' children. ↗

— Sam Levenson

#beast #child #children #cry #mensch

Because tobacco is responsible for an impressive one-third of cancers, prevention efforts naturally begin with it. ↗