this whole thing that´s happened to me, you see, this whole success thing, er, it hasn´t yet really compromised the position that i took a long time ago in texas, that was to be true to myself, to be the person that i f... that was on inside of me and not play games. you see, actually what i´m trying to do mostly, if i, in the whole world, is to not bullshit myself, and not bullshit anybody else. to be righteous to myself, i mean to be real, you know what i mean? and so far, you know i´m, i´m just tryin´ to... i´m doin´ that, i am, you know. i´m not wearin´ cardboard eyelashes, and, and, you know, and girdles, and playin´ in las vegas. by still bein´ janis, i just happens to be on a slightly different level or somethin´ now. and... you know i suppose it´s because i´ve never been premeditated enough in show-business that i was worried about putting on a, a face, you know what i mean? so i can sit here and tell you the truth. you know? otherwise it´s slightly inhibiting, really, it doesn´t, it doesn´t f
orce a game on me, because i refuse to let it force a game on me. so i can sit here and be just as honest as i would be in a bar, although i´d be a lot happier in a bar!