I started singing rhythmically, and now I’m learning from Otis Redding to push a song instead of just sliding over it
JANIS JOPLINYou are what you settle for.
More Janis Joplin Quotes
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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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If you’ve got a today, don’t wear it tomorrow. Tomorrow never happens. It’s all the same day.
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I can’t talk about my singing; I’m inside it. How can you describe something you’re inside of?
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On stage I make love to twenty five thousand people; and then I go home alone.
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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.
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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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I’d rather have ten years of superhypermost than live to be seventy sitting in some goddamn chair watching TV.
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You know why we’re stuck with the myth that only black people have soul? Because white people don’t let themselves feel things.
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I’m one of those regular weird people.
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Singing, it’s like it’s like loving somebody, it’s a supreme emotional and physical experience.
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Oh Lord, won’t you buy me a Mercedes Benz.
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Gimme a pigfoot and a bottle of beer.
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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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Man, there ain’t gonna be nothing left for Janis.
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Don’t go looking for Mr. Right. Look for Mr. Right Now.
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