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I Am The Worst Influence. If You Can't Handle Your Vices, Then I Am The Devil.
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I Am The Worst

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I Am The Worst Influence. If You Can't Handle Your Vices, Then I Am The Devil.

Understanding the Quote: "i am the worst influence. if you can't handle your vices, then..."

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Loss
Stuff
Tricky
Women Shouldn’t Deny Their Dark Side. Sometimes Those Demons Are Frightening And Sometimes They’re Beautiful. You’ll Have To Approach Them. Drink A Glass Of Wine With Them, Take Them For A Walk On The Beach, Examine Yourself.
Beautiful
Beach
Wine
Some People Hide More Than Others, And It Does Intrigue Me.
People
Doe
Intrigue
Parenting Is Not For Everybody. It Changes Your Life. Especially When They're Little.
Littles
Changing Your Life
Girls You've Gotta Know When It's Time To Turn The Page.
Music
Girl
Letting Go
Dance With The Sufis, Celebrate Your Top Ten In The Charts Of Pain.
Art
Pain
Media
Some Of The Most Wonderful People Are The Ones Who Don't Fit Into Boxes.
Inspirational
Life
People
You Decide Whether You Look At Your Reality Or Live Pretending These Feelings Don't Exist.
Reality
Feelings
Looks
Standin' On A Corner In Winslow, Arizona, And I'm Quite Sure I'm In The Wrong Song.
Song
Honesty
Arizona
I'm Too Wacky For Most Weirdos. Who Am I To Judge?
Judging
Weirdo
Wacky
I Find That In The 21st Century, There's Not A Lot Of Compassion For What Other People Are Going Through Or The Walk That They Have To Walk.
Compassion
People
Century
After A While, Though, You Realize That A Whole Slew Of Young Singer-songwriter Piano Players Are Getting Compared To You. That's When You Feel The Passage Of Time Is Occurring.
Player
Piano
Singers
I Became A Mom At 37 And Having A Child Has Been An Emancipation For Me.
Mom
Mother
Children
A Lot Of Songs Are Derivative Of Each Other.
Song
Derivatives
Women Shouldn’t Deny Their Dark Side. Sometimes Those Demons Are Frightening And Sometimes They’re Beautiful. You’ll Have To Approach Them. Drink A Glass Of Wine With Them, Take Them For A Walk On The Beach, Examine Yourself.
Beautiful
Beach
Wine
I'm Not Like A Poker Player. I'm Not Into Bluff. My Way Is To Look Someone In The Eye And Tell Them The Way I'm Intending To Go. My Cards Are Always On The Table.
Eye
Player
Cards
And My Saab Is So Great I'm Gonna Marry It.
I Get Painted Quite A Bit As A Tragic Figure Because Of Some Of The Stuff That's Happened In My Life.
Stuff
Figures
Tragic
In Our Minds, Love And Lust Are Really Separated. It's Hard To Find Someone That Can Be Kind And You Can Trust Enough To Leave Your Kids With, And Isn't Afraid To Throw Her Man Up Against The Wall And Lick Him From Head To Toe.
Wall
Kids
Men
Pretty Is Never Beautiful.
Beauty
Beautiful
People Can Travel Great Distances On A Computer, So Why Can't We Travel That Way Emotionally?
Distance
People
Way
I Like Cosy, Intimate Houses.
House
Intimate
Cosy
For The Most Part, Pianos Are Female To Me. Sometimes They're Dykes, And They're Always Good Fun.
Fun
Piano
Female
Muhammad, My Friend, I'm Getting Very Scared. Teach Me How To Love My Brothers Who Don't Know The Law, And What About The Deal On The Flying Trapeze?
Religious
Brother
Law
A Lot Of The Carols Were Not As You Hear Them Now.
Carols
If I Was Writing Songs Just For Me I'd Only Play Them In My Living Room, Alone.
Song
Writing
Play
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