Man, there ain’t gonna be nothing left for Janis.
JANIS JOPLINI’m just doing what I wanted to and what feels right and not settling for bullshit and it worked. How can they be mad at that?
More Janis Joplin Quotes
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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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To be true to myself, to be the person that was on the inside of me, and not play games.
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All you really have that really matters are feelings. That’s what music is to me.” – Janis Joplin
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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’m not really thinking much… Just sort of, trying to feel.
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Don’t compromise yourself. You are all you’ve got.
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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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Hippies believe the world could be a better place. Beatniks believe things aren’t going to get better and say the hell with it, stay stoned and have a good time.
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I won’t quit to become someone’s old lady.
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My business is to enjoy and have fun. And why not, if in the end everything will end, right?
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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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Wait a minute, maybe I can do anything.
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They threw these musicians at me, man, and the sound was coming from behind. The bass was charging me.
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I 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..
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I started singing rhythmically, and now I’m learning from Otis Redding to push a song instead of just sliding over it
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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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You are what you settle for. You are only as much as you settle for.
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Life is too damn short and [screwed] up to go through it silently loving someone and never telling them how you feel. [Screw]
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Being an intellectual creates a lot of questions and no answers.
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I think I think too much. That’s why I drink!
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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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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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You can feel all things at once, so why not wear all things at once?
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I’d rather not sing than sing quiet.
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Don’t go looking for Mr. Right. Look for Mr. Right Now.
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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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