You know why we’re stuck with the myth that only black people have soul? Because white people don’t let themselves feel things.
JANIS JOPLINFreedom is just another word for when you have NOTHING left to lose.
More Janis Joplin Quotes
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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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That’s what rock and roll is for, turn that switch on, and man, it can all be.
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Like, I don’t think I’d go off the road for long now, for life with a guy no matter how good. Yeah, it’s the truth. Scary thing to say though, isn’t it?
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What we’ve had to do is learn to control success, put it in perspective, and not lose the essence of what we’re doing – the music.
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You’re only as much as you settle for. If they settle for being somebody’s dishwasher that’s their own f***ing problem.
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You can feel all things at once, so why not wear all things at once?
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Oh, Lord, won’t you buy me a Mercedes Benz – My friends all drive Porsches, I must make amends.
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Life is too damn short and [screwed] up to go through it silently loving someone and never telling them how you feel. [Screw]
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I started out to be a person on the street, just like everybody else. I didn’t start out to be a singer. But I got sort of swept up in this singing thing, and after I got involved in it it got really important to me if I was good or not.
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I’d rather have ten years of superhypermost than live to be seventy sitting in some goddamn chair watching TV.
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I’d rather not sing than sing quiet.
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When I sing, I feel like when you’re first in love. It’s more than sex.
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The older the grapes, sweeter the wine.
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I love being a star more than life itself.
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When you hold somebody, you gotta hold them like it’s the last minute of your life.
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