Oh Lord, won’t you buy me a Mercedes Benz.
JANIS JOPLINOn stage I make love to twenty five thousand people; and then I go home alone.
More Janis Joplin Quotes
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It’s hard to be free but when it works, it’s worth it!
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I would trade all my tomorrow’s for one single yesterday.
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You can’t make up something that you don’t feel. I didn’t make it up. I just opened my mouth and it existed.
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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.
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I don’t know what happened. I just exploded. I’d never sung like that before. I used to stand still and sing simple, but you can’t sing like that in front of a rock band.
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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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I’m one of those regular weird people.
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You got to get it while you can.
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On stage I make love to twenty five thousand people; and then I go home alone.
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Don’t compromise yourself. You are all you’ve got.
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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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Being an intellectual creates a lot of questions and no answers. You can fill your life up with ideas and still go home lonely.
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That’s what I’m trying to do mostly in the whole world, is not bullshit myself and not bullshit anybody else.
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You better not compromise yourself, it’s all you’ve got.
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I’d rather not sing than sing quiet.
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