That’s what rock and roll is for, turn that switch on, and man, it can all be.
JANIS JOPLINThat was to be true to myself, to be the person that I…that was on inside of me and not play games.
More Janis Joplin Quotes
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Wait a minute, maybe I can do anything.
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They asked me, How did you learn to sing the blues like that? How did you learn to sing that heavy? I just opened my mouth and that’s what I sounded like.
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If someone comes along, gonna give you some love and affection, I say get it while you can.
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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?’
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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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People, whether they know it or not, like their blues singers miserable. They like their blues singers to die afterwards.
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Gimme a pigfoot and a bottle of beer.
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Don’t you know that you’re nothing more than a one night stand?
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Man, there ain’t gonna be nothing left for Janis.
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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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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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Don’t go looking for Mr. Right. Look for Mr. Right Now.
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You can destroy your now by worrying about tomorrow.
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I love being a star more than life itself.
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