They asked me, How did you learn to sing the blues like that? How did you learn to sing that heavy? I just opened my mouth and that’s what I sounded like.
JANIS JOPLIN
I read, I painted, I didn’t hate niggers.
More Janis Joplin Quotes
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They asked me, How did you learn to sing the blues like that? How did you learn to sing that heavy? I just opened my mouth and that’s what I sounded like.
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You are what you settle for.
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To be true to myself, to be the person that was on the inside of me, and not play games.
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Guess what, I might be the first hippie pinup girl.
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Don’t go looking for Mr. Right. Look for Mr. Right Now.
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I always wanted to be an artist, whatever that was, like other chicks want to be stewardesses. I read. I painted. I thought.
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And I think you sort of switch on their brain, man, so that makes them say: ‘Wait a minute, maybe I can do anything.’ Whoooooo! It’s life.
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Don’t compromise yourself. You are all you’ve got.
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All any girl really wants is just love and a man. But what man can put up with a rock-n-roll star?
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Don’t compromise your self, you’re all you got.
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My father wouldn’t get us a TV, he wouldn’t allow a TV in the house.
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