First Lines Friday - Memoir Memorial Weekend

First Lines Friday is a bookish meme hosted by Literary Marie. I encourage all of my fellow book bloggers and bookhearts to play along.

• Grab your current read(s).
• Share the first line(s).
• Include the title and author.

"After two weeks of intensely working out, I had lost not one fucking pound!"

~ The Mother of Black Hollywood by Jenifer Lewis

"On March 6, 2000, I stepped to the podium at the Waldorf-Astoria in New York City to accept Earth, Wind & Fire's induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. In my acceptance speech, I told the audience that establishing the band's place in history had been a hard road, but a good road."

~ My Life with Earth, Wind, & Fire by Maurice White

"He was about seven months old when I first noticed it."

~ Raising Kanye by Donda West