You only have power over people so long as you don’t take everything away from them. But when you’ve robbed a man of everything, he’s no longer in your power – he’s free again.
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
All the Secrets of the Universe and Some Really Important Stuff Too!
You only have power over people so long as you don’t take everything away from them. But when you’ve robbed a man of everything, he’s no longer in your power – he’s free again.
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
“Freedom’s just another word for nothin’ left to lose” Janis Joplin, “Me and Bobby McGee” One of the best songs, ever. Busted flat in Baton Rouge, waitin’ for a train And I’s feelin’ near as faded as my jeans Bobby thumbed a diesel down, just before it rained It rode us all the way to New Orleans I pulled my harpoon out of my dirty red bandanna I was playin’ soft while Bobby sang the blues, yeah Windshield wipers slappin’ time, I was holdin’ Bobby’s hand in mine We sang every song that driver knew Freedom’s just another word for… Read more »
She sang the hell out of that one. Poor crazy kid. I’ll bet Kris Kristofferson is mighty proud of that song.