Guess what, I might be the first hippie pinup girl.
JANIS JOPLINThis 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’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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I read, I painted, I didn’t hate niggers.
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If you don’t settle for that and you keep fighting it, you know, you’ll end up anything you want to be.
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Freedom is just another word for when you have NOTHING left to lose.
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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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I just want to feel as much as I can, it’s what soul is all about.
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I’d rather have ten years of superhypermost than live to be seventy sitting in some goddamn chair watching TV.
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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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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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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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You can feel all things at once, so why not wear all things at once?
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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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The more you live, the less you die.
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Don’t go looking for Mr. Right. Look for Mr. Right Now.
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I won’t quit to become someone’s old lady.
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