After graduating from high school she spent one semester at Lamar State College of Technology in her homestate of Texas.
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Her first recorded song was entitled "What Good Can Drinkin' Do.
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She was bullied and isolated by her peers growing up in the small town of Port Arthur, Texas. In response she rebelled by dying her hair and driving to out to local blues bars.
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She was a third-degree black belt in Kenpo Karate.
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She was arrested for indecent and vulgar language towards police officers in 1969 while performing in Tampa, Florida, and the charges were later dropped as the judge's ruling stated she was simply exercising her freedom of speech.
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She owned a crazy Porsche convertible. The 1965 Porsche Cabriolet resides at the Rock And Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland, Ohio.
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One of her last recordings was a birthday song for John Lennon.
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She was uncomfortable being called a star. In an interview with Dick Cavett she corrected him because the word bothered her so much.
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She personally drew out the design for her wrist tattoo of a florentine bracelet.
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She paid for the tombstone of her idol, blues singer Bessie Smith.