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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When I sing, I feel like when you're first in love. It's more than sex....

When I sing, I feel like when you're first in love. It's more than sex....

Freedom's just another word for nothin left to loose. Nothin, don't mean nothin honey if...

Freedom's just another word for nothin left to loose. Nothin, don't mean nothin honey if...

Being an intellectual creates a lot of questions and no answers.

Being an intellectual creates a lot of questions and no answers.

I won't quit to become someone's old lady.

I won't quit to become someone's old lady.

If I hold back, I'm no good. I'm no good. I'd rather be good sometimes,...

If I hold back, I'm no good. I'm no good. I'd rather be good sometimes,...

Oh Lord, won't you buy me a Mercedes Benz.

Oh Lord, won't you buy me a Mercedes Benz.

I always wanted to be an artist, whatever that was, like other chicks want to...

I always wanted to be an artist, whatever that was, like other chicks want to...

On stage, I make love to 25,000 different people, then I go home alone.

On stage, I make love to 25,000 different people, then I go home alone.

You got to get it while you can.

You got to get it while you can.

Audiences like their blues singers to be miserable.

Audiences like their blues singers to be miserable.

Guess what, I might be the first hippie pinup girl.

Guess what, I might be the first hippie pinup girl.

Don't compromise yourself. You are all you've got.

Don't compromise yourself. You are all you've got.

Oh, Lord, won't you buy me a Mercedes Benz My friends all drive Porsches, I...

Oh, Lord, won't you buy me a Mercedes Benz My friends all drive Porsches, I...

I'm one of those regular weird people.

I'm one of those regular weird people.

My father wouldn't get us a TV, he wouldn't allow a TV in the house.

My father wouldn't get us a TV, he wouldn't allow a TV in the house.

On stage I make love to twenty five thousand people; and then I go home...

On stage I make love to twenty five thousand people; and then I go home...

Rock on out.

I got treated very badly in Texas. They don't treat beatniks too good in Texas....

I got treated very badly in Texas. They don't treat beatniks too good in Texas....

Texas is OK if you want to settle down and do your own thing quietly,...

Texas is OK if you want to settle down and do your own thing quietly,...