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

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You got to get it while you can.

You got to get it while you can.

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....

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

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

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,...

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

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

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....

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.

Rock on out.

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.

I'm one of those regular weird people.

I'm one of those regular weird people.

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

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

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

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

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...

Audiences like their blues singers to be miserable.

Audiences like their blues singers to be miserable.

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...

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...

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...

What most people need to learn in life is how to love people and use...

What most people need to learn in life is how to love people and use...

The best way to know God is to love many things.

The best way to know God is to love many things.

Love is the admiration and cherishing of the amiable qualities of the beloved person, upon...

Love is the admiration and cherishing of the amiable qualities of the beloved person, upon...