And I decided then and there that that was it. I never wanted to do anything else. It was better than it had been with any man, you know. Maybe that’s the trouble.
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I love being a star more than life itself.
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And I decided then and there that that was it. I never wanted to do anything else. It was better than it had been with any man, you know. Maybe that’s the trouble.
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I don’t know, I just want to feel as much as I can, it’s what ‘soul’ is all about.
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Being an intellectual creates a lot of questions and no answers.
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Oh, Lord, won’t you buy me a Mercedes Benz – My friends all drive Porsches, I must make amends.
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I can’t talk about my singing; I’m inside it. How can you describe something you’re inside of?
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The older the grapes, sweeter the wine.
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I won’t quit to become someone’s old lady.
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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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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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After they see me, when their mothers are feeding them all that cashmere sweater and girdle [expletive deleted by the New York Times]
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To be true to myself, to be the person that was on the inside of me, and not play games.
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You are what you settle for.
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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.
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