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That was to be true to myself, to be the person that I…that was on inside of me and not play games.

Janis Joplin

I just want to feel as much as I can, it’s what soul is all about.
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Feel Inspirational Music Much Soul Want
They 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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Asked Blue heavy Like Mouths Opened You
I believe the only people who truly experience and test the application of equality are twins.
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Application Believe Equality Experience People Test Truly Twin
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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Asked Backstage Man Marry Old Opera Real Some Story Thinking Took
That’s what I’m trying to do mostly in the whole world, is not bullshit myself and not bullshit anybody else.
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Bullshit Inside Mostly Person Trying World
It’s not what isn’t, it’s what you wish was that makes unhappiness.
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Desire Like Make Planning Unhappiness Wish
This whole thing that’s happened to me, you see, this whole success thing..it hasn’t yet really compromised the position that I took a long time ago in Texas
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Compromised Game Happened Play Really Success Texas Thing Whole
It’s hard to be free but when it works, it’s worth it!
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Free Work Working Hard Worth
It’s that point two people can get to they call love, when you really touch someone for the first time, but it’s gigantic, multiplied by the whole audience. I feel chills.
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Call People Point Someone Touch
Maybe my audiences can enjoy my music more if they think I’m destroying myself.
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Audience Destroying Enjoy More Music Thinking
Don’t go looking for Mr. Right. Look for Mr. Right Now.
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Finding Love Look Mr Now Right
I’d rather have ten years of superhypermost than live to be seventy sitting in some goddamn chair watching TV.
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Goddamn Seventy Sitting Superhypemost Watching Tv Year
.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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Getting Gonna Keep Now Today Twenty Year
I think I think too much. That’s why I drink!
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Drink Thinking Too Much
You better not compromise yourself, it’s all you’ve got.
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Better Compromise Got Happen Honesty
To be true to myself, to be the person that was on the inside of me, and not play games.
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Bullshit Game Myself Person Play Trying

That was to be true to myself, to be the person that I…that was on inside of me and not play games.

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