I’d rather not sing than sing quiet.
JANIS JOPLINDon’t go looking for Mr. Right. Look for Mr. Right Now.
More Janis Joplin Quotes
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In my insides, it really hurts if someone doesn’t like me. It’s silly.
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You can feel all things at once, so why not wear all things at once?
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Being an intellectual creates a lot of questions and no answers.
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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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After they see me, when their mothers are feeding them all that cashmere sweater and girdle [expletive deleted by the New York Times]
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If you don’t settle for that and you keep fighting it, you know, you’ll end up anything you want to be.
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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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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 started out to be a person on the street, just like everybody else. I didn’t start out to be a singer. But I got sort of swept up in this singing thing, and after I got involved in it it got really important to me if I was good or not.
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You got to get it while you can.
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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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I talk to the audience, look into their eyes. I need them and they need me.
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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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Freedom is just another word for when you have NOTHING left to lose.
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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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