I got treated very badly in Texas. They don't treat beatniks too good in Texas. Port Arthur people thought I was a beatnik, though they'd never seen one and neither had I.

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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.

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

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

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....

I'm one of those regular weird people.

I'm one of those regular weird people.

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...

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...

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,...

Rock on out.

Audiences like their blues singers to be miserable.

Audiences like their blues singers to be miserable.

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...

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,...

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 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...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.