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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 Joplin

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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Action Chick Eye Getting Honey Piece Trying
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
Don’t compromise your self, you’re all you got.
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All Compromise Freedom Got Self
That’s what rock and roll is for, turn that switch on, and man, it can all be.
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All On Rock Roll Switch Turn
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
Hippies believe the world could be a better place. Beatniks believe things aren’t going to get better and say the hell with it, stay stoned and have a good time.
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Beatnik Believe Better Get Hippie Place
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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Control Essence Learn Lose Perspective Succes
Why should I hold back now and sound mediocre, just so I can sound mediocre twenty years from now?
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Mediocre Now Sound Twenties Twenty Year
If I hold back, I’m no good. I’m no good. I’d rather be good sometimes, than holding back all the time.
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Back Good Hold Holding Rather Sometimes
When everything is together – the band, me, the audience, it’s boss! It’s just like magic.
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Audience Band Boss Everything Like Magic Together
You’re only as much as you settle for. If they settle for being somebody’s dishwasher that’s their own f***ing problem.
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Dishwasher Fighting Only Problem Somebody. Settle Want
Being an intellectual creates a lot of questions and no answers.
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Answer Inspirational Intellectual Question Strong Woman
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
I’m tired of all these hippie jack-offs
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Hippie Jack Off Tired
Wait a minute, maybe I can do anything.
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Anything Ca Happen Minute Minutes Waiting
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
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
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
Don’t you know that you’re nothing more than a one night stand?
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Decision Know Night One Rejection Stand Story
I won’t quit to become someone’s old lady.
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Lady Old Quit Quitting Someone
Oh Lord, won’t you buy me a Mercedes Benz.
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Benz Buy Car Dream Lord Materialism Mercedes Benz Passion
Like most girls I’m always really self-conscious about do I look fat, if my legs are short, if I’m weird shaped, but when I go on stage, man, it never occurs to me. I think I look beautiful.
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Beautiful Conscious Fat Girl Leg Man Most Self Shaped Short
You know why we’re stuck with the myth that only black people have soul? Because white people don’t let themselves feel things.
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Black False Myth People Racism Soul Stuck Themselves White
Don’t go looking for Mr. Right. Look for Mr. Right Now.
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Finding Love Look Mr Now Right
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
All any girl really wants is just love and a man. But what man can put up with a rock-n-roll star?
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Girl Love Man Rock Roll Star
I’m just doing what I wanted to and what feels right and not settling for bullshit and it worked. How can they be mad at that?
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Bullshit Doing Feel Mad Settling Wanted Worked

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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