To be true to myself, to be the person that was on the inside of me, and not play games.
JANIS JOPLINTexas 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.
More Janis Joplin Quotes
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Wait a minute, maybe I can do anything.
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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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At least we know we tend to be afraid. If you object to my plural noun, I’ll retract it.
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I’m one of those regular weird people.
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This whole thing that’s happened to me, you see, this whole success thing..it hasn’t yet really compromised the position that I took a long time ago in Texas
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Don’t go looking for Mr. Right. Look for Mr. Right Now.
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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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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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Maybe they’ll have a second thought – that they can be themselves and win.
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Freedom is just another word for when you have NOTHING left to lose.
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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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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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On stage I make love to twenty five thousand people; and then I go home alone.
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If you’ve got a today, don’t wear it tomorrow. Tomorrow never happens. It’s all the same day.
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You can destroy your now by worrying about tomorrow.
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