You got to get it while you can.
JANIS JOPLINI’d rather not sing than sing quiet.
More Janis Joplin Quotes
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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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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 love being a star more than life itself.
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The more you live, the less you die.
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That story hit me right, man. I know no guy ever made me feel as good as an audience. I’m really far into this now, really committed.
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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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Being an intellectual creates a lot of questions and no answers.
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I talk to the audience, look into their eyes. I need them and they need me.
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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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Singing, it’s like it’s like loving somebody, it’s a supreme emotional and physical experience.
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You can destroy your now by worrying about tomorrow.
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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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Maybe they’ll have a second thought – that they can be themselves and win.
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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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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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