I always wanted to be an artist, whatever that was, like other chicks want to be stewardesses. I read. I painted. I thought.
JANIS JOPLINWhat 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.
More Janis Joplin Quotes
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I love being a star more than life itself.
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All you really have that really matters are feelings. That’s what music is to me.” – Janis Joplin
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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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Maybe they’ll have a second thought – that they can be themselves and win.
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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’m gettin’ it now, today. I don’t even know where I’m gonna be twenty years from now, so I’m just gonna keep on rockin’, cause if I start saving up bits and pieces of me.
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At least we know we tend to be afraid. If you object to my plural noun, I’ll retract it.
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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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Oh Lord, won’t you buy me a Mercedes Benz.
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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.
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The older the grapes, sweeter the wine.
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Man, there ain’t gonna be nothing left for Janis.
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The consequences, [screw] the implications of the actions, to hell with it all… whatever happens as a result is better than the nothingness that is inevitable with silence.
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If someone comes along, gonna give you some love and affection, I say get it while you can.
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I’m tired of all these hippie jack-offs
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