Life is too damn short and [screwed] up to go through it silently loving someone and never telling them how you feel. [Screw]
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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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 don’t know, I just want to feel as much as I can, it’s what ‘soul’ is all about.
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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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I’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?
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You can feel all things at once, so why not wear all things at once?
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When everything is together – the band, me, the audience, it’s boss! It’s just like magic.
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Man, there ain’t gonna be nothing left for Janis.
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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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It’s hard to be free but when it works, it’s worth it!
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That was to be true to myself, to be the person that I…that was on inside of me and not play games.
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That’s what rock and roll is for, turn that switch on, and man, it can all be.
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When you hold somebody, you gotta hold them like it’s the last minute of your life.
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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 destroy your now by worrying about tomorrow.
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All any girl really wants is just love and a man. But what man can put up with a rock-n-roll star?
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