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.
JANIS JOPLINPeople, whether they know it or not, like their blues singers miserable. They like their blues singers to die afterwards.
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Distance cannot kill this relationship. Time cannot breakdown anything we have. This is a relationship that I am ready to sacrifice and stand up for.
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Audiences like their blues singers to be miserable.
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I just want to feel as much as I can, it’s what soul is all about.
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At least we know we tend to be afraid. If you object to my plural noun, I’ll retract it.
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Guess what, I might be the first hippie pinup girl.
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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?
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They threw these musicians at me, man, and the sound was coming from behind. The bass was charging me.
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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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I believe the only people who truly experience and test the application of equality are twins.
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Don’t go looking for Mr. Right. Look for Mr. Right Now.
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People, whether they know it or not, like their blues singers miserable. They like their blues singers to die afterwards.
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That’s what rock and roll is for, turn that switch on, and man, it can all be.
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.I’m gettin’ it now, today. I don’t even know where I’m gonna be twenty years from now, so I’m just gonna keep on rockin’, cause if I start saving up bits and pieces of me.
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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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As good as you’ve been to this world is as good as it’s gonna be right back to you.
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