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

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

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

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,...

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....

Rock on out.

You got to get it while you can.

You got to get it while you can.

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

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

Audiences like their blues singers to be miserable.

Audiences like their blues singers to be miserable.

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.

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

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

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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....

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...

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...

What do we mean by setting a man free? You cannot free a man who...

What do we mean by setting a man free? You cannot free a man who...

The United Nations is designed to make possible lasting freedom and independence for all its...

The United Nations is designed to make possible lasting freedom and independence for all its...

We are determined that before the sun sets on this terrible struggle, our flag will...

We are determined that before the sun sets on this terrible struggle, our flag will...