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At least we know we tend to be afraid. If you object to my plural noun, I’ll retract it.

Janis Joplin

Except I knew I had a good voice and I could always get a couple of beers off of it. All of a sudden someone threw me in this rock ‘n’ roll band.
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Always Beer Couple Except Somewhere Sudden Voice
I think I think too much. That’s why I drink!
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Drink Thinking Too Much
Texas is OK if you want to settle down and do your own thing quietly, but it’s not for outrageous people, and I was always outrageous.
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Down Outrageous People Quietly Texas Thing Want
You can destroy your now by worrying about tomorrow.
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Adventure Destroy Motivational Positive Tomorrow
Honey, if you’ve had your eye on a piece of talent and that chick down the road has been getting all the action, then you know what you gotta do… Try A Little Bit Harder.
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Action Chick Eye Getting Honey Piece Trying
I started out to be a person on the street, just like everybody else. I didn’t start out to be a singer. But I got sort of swept up in this singing thing, and after I got involved in it it got really important to me if I was good or not.
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Everywhere Important Out Person Singer Singing Sort Started Street
My father wouldn’t get us a TV, he wouldn’t allow a TV in the house.
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Amount Bigger Bottom Incredible Ladder More Rock Want
People, whether they know it or not, like their blues singers miserable. They like their blues singers to die afterwards.
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Afterward Blue Die Like Miserable People Singer
Oh, Lord, won’t you buy me a Mercedes Benz – My friends all drive Porsches, I must make amends.
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Amend Benz Buy Drive Friend Lord Make Porsche
Like, I don’t think I’d go off the road for long now, for life with a guy no matter how good. Yeah, it’s the truth. Scary thing to say though, isn’t it?
JANIS JOPLIN

Good Long Matter Now Road Scary Truth Yeah
If you can get them once, man, get them standing up when they should be sitting down, sweaty when they should be decorous, smile when they should be applauding politely-
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Down Man Rock Roll Sitting Smile Sweaty Thinking
I got treated very badly in Texas. They don’t treat beatniks too good in Texas. Port Arthur people thought I was a beatnik, though they’d never seen one and neither had I.
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Arthur Badly Beatniks Good People Port Texas
It’s not what isn’t, it’s what you wish was that makes unhappiness.
JANIS JOPLIN

Desire Like Make Planning Unhappiness Wish
You are what you settle for. You are only as much as you settle for.
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Lot Much Only Settle Settling
You are what you settle for.
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Dream Hope Makeover Settle Settling Wish
I don’t know what happened. I just exploded. I’d never sung like that before. I used to stand still and sing simple, but you can’t sing like that in front of a rock band.
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Before Exploded Happened Moving Rock Simple Sing Sung

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