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And I think you sort of switch on their brain, man, so that makes them say: ‘Wait a minute, maybe I can do anything.’ Whoooooo! It’s life.

Janis Joplin

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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Audience Feel Good Guy Made Man Right Story
If you’ve got a today, don’t wear it tomorrow. Tomorrow never happens. It’s all the same day.
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Day Happen Same Today Tomorrow Wear Wisdom
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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Good Long Matter Now Road Scary Truth Yeah
At least we know we tend to be afraid. If you object to my plural noun, I’ll retract it.
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Know Least Nouns Object Objects Plural Retract
I gotta go on doin’ it the way I see it…I got no choice but to take it like I see it. I’m here to have a party while I’m on this earth..
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Choice Gotta Man Party See Way Year
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 have to sing loud and move wild with all that in back of you. Now, I don’t know how to perform any other way.
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Back Loud Move Perform Sing Way Wild
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
And I think you sort of switch on their brain, man, so that makes them say: ‘Wait a minute, maybe I can do anything.’ Whoooooo! It’s life.
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Anything Brain Man Minute Sort Switch
In my insides, it really hurts if someone doesn’t like me. It’s silly.
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Feeling Hurt Inside Like Really Silly Story
When you hold somebody, you gotta hold them like it’s the last minute of your life.
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Advice Gotta Hold Last Life Minute Somebody
Life is too damn short and [screwed] up to go through it silently loving someone and never telling them how you feel. [Screw]
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Dam Feel Loving Screw Short Silence Someone Telling
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
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
After they see me, when their mothers are feeding them all that cashmere sweater and girdle [expletive deleted by the New York Times]
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Cashmere Country Feeding Grdle Mother Sweater Winning
Singing, it’s like it’s like loving somebody, it’s a supreme emotional and physical experience.
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Emotional Experience Love Music Singing Somebody Supreme

And I think you sort of switch on their brain, man, so that makes them say: ‘Wait a minute, maybe I can do anything.’ Whoooooo! It’s life.

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And I think you sort of switch on their brain, man, so that makes them say: ‘Wait a minute, maybe I can do anything.’ Whoooooo! It’s life.

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