That’s what I’m trying to do mostly in the whole world, is not bullshit myself and not bullshit anybody else.
JANIS JOPLINAll you really have that really matters are feelings. That’s what music is to me.” – Janis Joplin
More Janis Joplin Quotes
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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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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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It’s not what isn’t, it’s what you wish was that makes unhappiness.
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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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Except I knew I had a good voice and I could always get a couple of beers off of it. All of a sudden someone threw me in this rock ‘n’ roll band.
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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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I’m one of those regular weird people.
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I gotta go on doin’ it the way I see it…I got no choice but to take it like I see it. I’m here to have a party while I’m on this earth..
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Singing, it’s like it’s like loving somebody, it’s a supreme emotional and physical experience.
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Don’t you know that you’re nothing more than a one night stand?
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Don’t go looking for Mr. Right. Look for Mr. Right Now.
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Audiences like their blues singers to be miserable.
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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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And I decided then and there that that was it. I never wanted to do anything else. It was better than it had been with any man, you know. Maybe that’s the trouble.
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Wait a minute, maybe I can do anything.
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