I started singing rhythmically, and now I’m learning from Otis Redding to push a song instead of just sliding over it
JANIS JOPLINThey asked me, How did you learn to sing the blues like that? How did you learn to sing that heavy? I just opened my mouth and that’s what I sounded like.
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That story hit me right, man. I know no guy ever made me feel as good as an audience. I’m really far into this now, really committed.
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When I sing, I feel like when you’re first in love. It’s more than sex.
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My father wouldn’t get us a TV, he wouldn’t allow a TV in the house.
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I read a story about some old opera singer once, and when a guy asked her to marry him, she took him backstage after she had sung a real triumph, with all the people calling for her, asked, ‘Do you think you could give me that?’
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Don’t compromise yourself. You are all you’ve got.
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I don’t know, I just want to feel as much as I can, it’s what ‘soul’ is all about.
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I’m tired of all these hippie jack-offs
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Maybe they’ll have a second thought – that they can be themselves and win.
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You know why we’re stuck with the myth that only black people have soul? Because white people don’t let themselves feel things.
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If you’ve got a today, don’t wear it tomorrow. Tomorrow never happens. It’s all the same day.
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Freedom is just another word for when you have NOTHING left to lose.
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To be true to myself, to be the person that was on the inside of me, and not play games.
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All my life I just wanted to be a beatnik. Meet all the heavies, get stoned, get laid, have a good time. That’s all I ever wanted.
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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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If I hold back, I’m no good. I’m no good. I’d rather be good sometimes, than holding back all the time.
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