This whole thing that's happened to meyou seethis whole success thingerit hasn't yet really compromised the position that I took a long time ago in texasthat was to be true to myself Be the person that I f ... that was on inside of me and not play games. you seeactually what I'm trying to do mostlyif iin the whole worldis to not bullshit myselfand not bullshit anyb Lse. to be righteous to myselfI mean to be realyou know what I mean ? and so faryou know i'mI'm just tryin' to ... I'm doin' thatI amyou know. I'm not wearin' cardboard eyelashesan Dyou knowand girdlesand playin' in las vegas. by still bein' janisI just happens to be on a slightly different level or somethin' now. and ... you know I suppose it's because I've never Premeditated enough in show-business that I was worried about putting on aa faceyou know what I mean ? so I can sit here and tell you the truth. you know ? otherwise it's slightly inhibiting Llyit doesn'tit doesn't f Orce a game on mebecause 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 baralthough I'd be a lot happier in a bar!
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