You better not compromise yourself, it’s all you’ve got.
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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]
More Janis Joplin Quotes
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You can feel all things at once, so why not wear all things at once?
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Freedom is just another word for when you have NOTHING left to lose.
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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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My father wouldn’t get us a TV, he wouldn’t allow a TV in the house.
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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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That’s what rock and roll is for, turn that switch on, and man, it can all be.
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It’s that point two people can get to they call love, when you really touch someone for the first time, but it’s gigantic, multiplied by the whole audience. I feel chills.
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Maybe my audiences can enjoy my music more if they think I’m destroying myself.
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The older the grapes, sweeter the wine.
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Life is too damn short and [screwed] up to go through it silently loving someone and never telling them how you feel. [Screw]
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