All my life I just wanted to be a beatnik. Meet all the heavies, get stoned, get laid, have a good time. That's all I ever wanted. Except I knew I had a good voice and I could always get a couple of beers off of it. All of a sudden someone threw me in this rock 'n' roll band. They threw these musicians at me, man, and the sound was coming from behind. The bass was charging me. And I decided then and there that that was it. I never wanted to do anything else. It was better than it had been with any man, you know. Maybe that's the trouble.

Janis Joplin

BeatnikBandMusiciansGood...+2

Every man gotta right to decide his own destiny.

Bob Marley

ManRightDecideDestiny

That man [Sir Sydney Smith] made me miss my destiny.

Napoleon Bonaparte

ManMissDestiny

I think it's absolutely a blessing when you just know what your purpose is and your destiny. I don't think it's a curse at all.

Lady Gaga

BlessingPurposeDestinyCurse

Give me today, for once, the worst throw of your dice, destiny. Today I transmute everything into gold.

Friedrich Nietzsche

WorstDestinyDiceGold...+1

And deep in my heart. The answer, it was in me. And I made up my mind. To define my own destiny.

Lauryn Hill

DestinyMindAnswerHeart...+1