I read a story about some old opera singer once, and when a guy asked her to marry him, she took him backstage after she had sung a real triumph, with all the people calling for her, asked, ‘Do you think you could give me that?’
JANIS JOPLINThe 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.
More Janis Joplin Quotes
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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 destroy your now by worrying about tomorrow.
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It used to make me unhappy, all that feeling. I just didn’t know what to do with it. But now I’ve learned how to make feeling work for me…
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.I’m gettin’ it now, today. I don’t even know where I’m gonna be twenty years from now, so I’m just gonna keep on rockin’, cause if I start saving up bits and pieces of me.
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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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Don’t compromise yourself. You are all you’ve got.
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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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You got to get it while you can.
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Don’t compromise your self, you’re all you got.
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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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You are what you settle for.
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Man, there ain’t gonna be nothing left for Janis.
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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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When I sing, I feel like when you’re first in love. It’s more than sex.
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