#irs

The first function of poetry is to tell the truth, to learn how to do that, to find out what you really feel and what you really think. ↗

— June Jordan

#find #first #function #how #learn

I'm a songwriter first. ↗

— Carole King

#i #songwriter

Now the only thing I miss about sex is the cigarette afterward. Next to the first one in the morning, it's the best one of all. It tasted so good that even if I had been frigid I would have pretended otherwise just to be able to smoke it. ↗

— Florence King

#about #been #best #cigarette #even

I miss the Swedish women on the first day of spring cause they all just blossom in the most incredible way. ↗

— Joel Kinnaman

#cause #day #first #i #incredible

My husband is the first man to consistently be involved in the Senate Spouses group. ↗

— Amy Klobuchar

#first #group #husband #involved #man

I love to write. It's my first love. ↗

— Geddy Lee

#first love #i #i love #love #write

My first big break came with Lauryn Hill on a track called Everything is Everything, I played piano on that track way back in 1998. ↗

— John Legend

#big #big break #break #called #came

For the first time ever, overweight people outnumber average people in America. Doesn't that make overweight the average then? Last month you were fat, now you're average - hey, let's get a pizza! ↗

— Jay Leno

#average #average people #ever #fat #first

I find it a great antidote... lipstick and mirrors and hairspray. ↗

— Joanna Lumley

#find #great #hairspray #i #lipstick

The first time I ever recorded, which was into my boom-box, I was like, 'Wow, check that out.' It sounded great. The narcotic of it was so intense - it was pleasurable. I was like, 'You sound like a band.' Then I ended up spending the rest of my life trying to chase that initial high again. ↗

— Ian MacKaye

#band #chase #check #ended #ever