Don’t you know that you’re nothing more than a one night stand?
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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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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Texas is OK if you want to settle down and do your own thing quietly, but it’s not for outrageous people, and I was always outrageous.
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I think I think too much. That’s why I drink!
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It’s not what isn’t, it’s what you wish was that makes unhappiness.
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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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That story hit me right, man. I know no guy ever made me feel as good as an audience. I’m really far into this now, really committed.
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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.
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Man, there ain’t gonna be nothing left for Janis.
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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 can feel all things at once, so why not wear all things at once?
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When everything is together – the band, me, the audience, it’s boss! It’s just like magic.
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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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If you can get them once, man, get them standing up when they should be sitting down, sweaty when they should be decorous, smile when they should be applauding politely-
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Audiences like their blues singers to be miserable.
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I’m one of those regular weird people.
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