Maybe they’ll have a second thought – that they can be themselves and win.
JANIS JOPLINYou know you’ve got it, if it makes you feel good.
More Janis Joplin Quotes
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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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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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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 better not compromise yourself, it’s all you’ve got.
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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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Don’t you know that you’re nothing more than a one night stand?
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Being an intellectual creates a lot of questions and no answers. You can fill your life up with ideas and still go home lonely.
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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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I would trade all my tomorrow’s for one single yesterday.
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And I think you sort of switch on their brain, man, so that makes them say: ‘Wait a minute, maybe I can do anything.’ Whoooooo! It’s life.
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The more you live, the less you die.
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The older the grapes, sweeter the wine.
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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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You know why we’re stuck with the myth that only black people have soul? Because white people don’t let themselves feel things.
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You are what you settle for. You are only as much as you settle for.
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I believe the only people who truly experience and test the application of equality are twins.
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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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You can feel all things at once, so why not wear all things at once?
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All you really have that really matters are feelings. That’s what music is to me.” – Janis Joplin
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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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If you can get them once, man, get them standing up when they should be sitting down, sweaty when they should be decorous, smile when they should be applauding politely-
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What we’ve had to do is learn to control success, put it in perspective, and not lose the essence of what we’re doing – the music.
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I don’t know what happened. I just exploded. I’d never sung like that before. I used to stand still and sing simple, but you can’t sing like that in front of a rock band.
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It’s hard to be free but when it works, it’s worth it!
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Why should I hold back now and sound mediocre, just so I can sound mediocre twenty years from now?
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If you don’t settle for that and you keep fighting it, you know, you’ll end up anything you want to be.
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