Oh, Lord, won’t you buy me a Mercedes Benz – My friends all drive Porsches, I must make amends.
JANIS JOPLINLike, 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?
More Janis Joplin Quotes
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Texas is OK if you want to settle down and do your own thing quietly, but it’s not for outrageous people, and I was always outrageous.
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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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I’m not really thinking much… Just sort of, trying to feel.
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It’s hard to be free but when it works, it’s worth it!
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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 read, I painted, I didn’t hate niggers.
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I’d rather not sing than sing quiet.
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Guess what, I might be the first hippie pinup girl.
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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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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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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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If I hold back, I’m no good. I’m no good. I’d rather be good sometimes, than holding back all the time.
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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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The more you live, the less you die.
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I can’t talk about my singing; I’m inside it. How can you describe something you’re inside of?
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