Audiences like their blues singers to be miserable.

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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...

You got to get it while you can.

You got to get it while you can.

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

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

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

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

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,...

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...

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.

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

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

I'm one of those regular weird people.

I'm one of those regular weird people.

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....

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...

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 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.

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.

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

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

You know why we're stuck with the myth that only black people have soul? Because...

You know why we're stuck with the myth that only black people have soul? Because...

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,...

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

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