You know you’ve got it, if it makes you feel good.
JANIS JOPLINYou can feel all things at once, so why not wear all things at once?
More Janis Joplin Quotes
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On stage I make love to twenty five thousand people; and then I go home alone.
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That’s what I’m trying to do mostly in the whole world, is not bullshit myself and not bullshit anybody else.
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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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This whole thing that’s happened to me, you see, this whole success thing..it hasn’t yet really compromised the position that I took a long time ago in Texas
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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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I think I think too much. That’s why I drink!
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The older the grapes, sweeter the wine.
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Freedom is just another word for when you have NOTHING left to lose.
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I just want to feel as much as I can, it’s what soul is all about.
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I’d rather have ten years of superhypermost than live to be seventy sitting in some goddamn chair watching TV.
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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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That’s what rock and roll is for, turn that switch on, and man, it can all be.
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I’d rather not sing than sing quiet.
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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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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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Audiences like their blues singers to be miserable.
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I believe the only people who truly experience and test the application of equality are twins.
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I’m not really thinking much… Just sort of, trying to feel.
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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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If someone comes along, gonna give you some love and affection, I say get it while you can.
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Being an intellectual creates a lot of questions and no answers.
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I’m one of those regular weird people.
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You better not compromise yourself, it’s all you’ve got.
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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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Oh, Lord, won’t you buy me a Mercedes Benz – My friends all drive Porsches, I must make amends.
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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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