He appeared in more than 50 films, including noteworthy roles in Lady Sings the Blues, Silver Streak, and Stir Crazy. Pryor co-wrote the screenplay for the iconic film Blazing Saddles, showcasing his versatile talent. Despite facing personal struggles with drug addiction and health issues, ...
She is best known for her series of seven autobiographies, which focus on her childhood and early adult experiences, the first and most highly acclaimed of which, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, tells of her life up to the age of seventeen and brought her international recognition and ...
and utterly alone."I damn sure ain't no underdog,"Shorr sings."I might fall down, but I get back up / I shine brightest when the going's tough ... You can't stop me 'cause I fight like a girl."
Back at the stadium a young man behind me stands during the opening act, lifts his drink up in the air with one hand and puts his other arm around the girl he came with. Throughout the entire night, he sings almost every lyric with the vulnerability of a young child. But he’s not...
The song has the right kind of danger that’s appropriate to the film it scores, and it only gets more powerful and thrilling as it builds to that absolute wallop of a middle-eight when Knight gives it everything as she sings ‘til their dying day‘ for the third and final time. It...
I love Zeppelin, but Robert Plant’s lyrics made me wanna vomit. [Sings] ‘There’s a lady who’s sure all that glitters is gold” What the fuck are you talking about, man? Talk to me in words I can understand! ‘I’m 18, I don’t know what I want!’ Fuck yes! I’m ...
Believe it or not, I’m still your neighbor- the one who grinds her teeth at night, sings in the shower, and loves hanging out on her back porch in the warmer months. Most of you know that my mother died unexpectedly last year, when I was four months pregnant. I was so surprised ...
s as if he’s sitting on the living room couch, casually strumming away. He plays and sings, makes a mistake in the middle of a song, laughs at himself, picks up the thread, and then finishes the song amid a tumultuous storm of applause. Proudly he returns to his seat alongside me....
“I can’t pretendthere’s any meaning hidden in the things I’m saying,” sings a pensive Daltrey at the start of thisWho’s Nexttrack. But as with anything Townshend writes, “Getting in Tune” was hardly about nothing; it’s fraught with deep, complicated messages. Another track from...
I love Zeppelin, but Robert Plant’s lyrics made me wanna vomit. [Sings] ‘There’s a lady who’s sure all that glitters is gold” What the fuck are you talking about, man? Talk to me in words I can understand! ‘I’m 18, I don’t know what I want!’ Fuck yes! I’m ...