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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?’

Janis Joplin

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.
JANIS JOPLIN

Call People Point Someone Touch
Don’t compromise yourself. You are all you’ve got.
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Compromise Encouraging Get Life Positive Yourself
The more you live, the less you die.
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Death Die Less Life More
You can’t make up something that you don’t feel. I didn’t make it up. I just opened my mouth and it existed.
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Existed Feel Good Mouth Open Something
You can’t stay in your home town and play because the two people will get tired of seeing you.
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Home People Play Seeing Stay Tired Town
My father wouldn’t get us a TV, he wouldn’t allow a TV in the house.
JANIS JOPLIN

Amount Bigger Bottom Incredible Ladder More Rock Want
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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Always Beer Couple Except Somewhere Sudden Voice
When I sing, I feel like when you’re first in love. It’s more than sex.
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Being First Love Music Point Sex Sing
It’s hard to be free but when it works, it’s worth it!
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Free Work Working Hard Worth
Oh, Lord, won’t you buy me a Mercedes Benz – My friends all drive Porsches, I must make amends.
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Amend Benz Buy Drive Friend Lord Make Porsche
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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Meaning Over Redding Rhythmically Singing Song
I always wanted to be an artist, whatever that was, like other chicks want to be stewardesses. I read. I painted. I thought.
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Artist Chick Painted Read Stewardess Want Wanted Whatever
.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
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
Man, there ain’t gonna be nothing left for Janis.
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Left Man Nothing People Person
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-
JANIS JOPLIN

Down Man Rock Roll Sitting Smile Sweaty Thinking

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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