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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 Joplin

Don’t compromise your self, you’re all you got.
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All Compromise Freedom Got Self
The consequences, [screw] the implications of the actions, to hell with it all… whatever happens as a result is better than the nothingness that is inevitable with silence.
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Action Consequence Happen Implication Result Screw
The older the grapes, sweeter the wine.
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Expression Grape Older Sweeter Wine
I can’t talk about my singing; I’m inside it. How can you describe something you’re inside of?
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Describe Inside Singing Something Talk
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
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
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
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
You got to get it while you can.
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Afford Can Got Inspire Positive You
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
That was to be true to myself, to be the person that I…that was on inside of me and not play games.
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Game Inside Myself People Person Play True
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
To be true to myself, to be the person that was on the inside of me, and not play games.
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Bullshit Game Myself Person Play Trying
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
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
It’s not what isn’t, it’s what you wish was that makes unhappiness.
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Desire Like Make Planning Unhappiness Wish

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