#were

In my youth there were words you couldn't say in front of a girl; now you can't say 'girl.' ↗

— Tom Lehrer

#girl #now #say #were #words

I felt black. I was as far as I was concerned. And I wanted to be black for lots of reasons. They were better musicians, they were better athletes, they were not uptight about sex, and they knew how to enjoy life better than most people. ↗

— Jerry Leiber

#as far as #athletes #better #black #concerned

Our songs did not transcend being R&B hits. They were R&B hits that white kids were attracted to. And if people bought it, it became rock & roll. That's marketing. Why couldn't it still be R&B? The bass pattern didn't change. The song didn't change. It was still 'Yakety Yak' and 'Searchin'.' ↗

— Jerry Leiber

#attracted #bass #became #being #bought

The early influences, in many ways, were in Baltimore. I was passing open windows where there might be a radio playing something funky. In the summertime, sometimes there'd be a man sitting on a step, playing an acoustic guitar, playing some kind of folk blues. The seed had been planted. ↗

— Jerry Leiber

#acoustic guitar #baltimore #be a man #been #blues

The pictures of my family were designed to be on a family wall, they were supposed to be together. It was supposed to copy my mother's wall in her house. ↗

— Annie Leibovitz

#designed #family #her #house #mother

I've seen too many comics who got their own shows and were undone because they worked for an executive producer who didn't understand their comedy or their sensibility. ↗

— Carol Leifer

#comedy #comics #executive #executive producer #got

My parents were absolutely delighted that I knew what I wanted to do. ↗

— Vivien Leigh

#delighted #i #knew #parents #wanted

I love the game very much, but when you were a certain type of player for a few years, being a front-end starter, that's the way I still think I can pitch. But the body tells you no. ↗

— Al Leiter

#body #certain #few #game #i

If it were necessary to give the briefest possible definition of imperialism, we should have to say that imperialism is the monopoly stage of capitalism. ↗

— Vladimir Lenin

#definition #give #imperialism #monopoly #necessary

Jesus was all right, but his disciples were thick and ordinary. It's them twisting it that ruins it for me. ↗

— John Lennon

#his #jesus #me #ordinary #right