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.
JANIS JOPLINI 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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My father wouldn’t get us a TV, he wouldn’t allow a TV in the house.
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Oh Lord, won’t you buy me a Mercedes Benz.
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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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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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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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The older the grapes, sweeter the wine.
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What we’ve had to do is learn to control success, put it in perspective, and not lose the essence of what we’re doing – the music.
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On stage I make love to twenty five thousand people; and then I go home alone.
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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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I’m one of those regular weird people.
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My business is to enjoy and have fun. And why not, if in the end everything will end, right?
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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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Man, there ain’t gonna be nothing left for Janis.
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I’d rather not sing than sing quiet.
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I had a lot of hurts and confusions. You know, it’s hard when you’re a kid to be different. You’re all full of things, and you don’t know that it’s about.
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