I had a lot of hurts and confusions. You know, it’s hard when you’re a kid to be different. You’re all full of things, and you don’t know that it’s about.
JANIS JOPLINI gotta go on doin’ it the way I see it…I got no choice but to take it like I see it. I’m here to have a party while I’m on this earth..
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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Distance cannot kill this relationship. Time cannot breakdown anything we have. This is a relationship that I am ready to sacrifice and stand up for.
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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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Singing, it’s like it’s like loving somebody, it’s a supreme emotional and physical experience.
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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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Don’t compromise your self, you’re all you got.
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Don’t go looking for Mr. Right. Look for Mr. Right Now.
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You are what you settle for. You are only as much as you settle for.
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Don’t you know that you’re nothing more than a one night stand?
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I would trade all my tomorrow’s for one single yesterday.
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I don’t know, I just want to feel as much as I can, it’s what ‘soul’ is all about.
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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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Guess what, I might be the first hippie pinup girl.
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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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Oh, Lord, won’t you buy me a Mercedes Benz – My friends all drive Porsches, I must make amends.
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At my concerts most of the chicks are looking for liberation, they think I’m gonna show ’em how to do it.
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You can’t stay in your home town and play because the two people will get tired of seeing you.
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As good as you’ve been to this world is as good as it’s gonna be right back to you.
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I believe the only people who truly experience and test the application of equality are twins.
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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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Maybe my audiences can enjoy my music more if they think I’m destroying myself.
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Maybe they’ll have a second thought – that they can be themselves and win.
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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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I think I think too much. That’s why I drink!
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You can destroy your now by worrying about tomorrow.
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