If I hold back, I’m no good. I’m no good. I’d rather be good sometimes, than holding back all the time.
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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At least we know we tend to be afraid. If you object to my plural noun, I’ll retract it.
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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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You are what you settle for.
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You better not compromise yourself, it’s all you’ve got.
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The older the grapes, sweeter the wine.
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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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You got to get it while you can.
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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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I started singing rhythmically, and now I’m learning from Otis Redding to push a song instead of just sliding over it
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At my concerts most of the chicks are looking for liberation, they think I’m gonna show ’em how to do it.
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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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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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It used to make me unhappy, all that feeling. I just didn’t know what to do with it. But now I’ve learned how to make feeling work for me…
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Maybe my audiences can enjoy my music more if they think I’m destroying myself.
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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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