Singing, it’s like it’s like loving somebody, it’s a supreme emotional and physical experience.
JANIS JOPLINI’m one of those regular weird people.
More Janis Joplin Quotes
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I don’t know, I just want to feel as much as I can, it’s what ‘soul’ is all about.
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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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You better not compromise yourself, it’s all you’ve got.
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All my life I just wanted to be a beatnik. Meet all the heavies, get stoned, get laid, have a good time. That’s all I ever wanted.
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My business is to enjoy and have fun. And why not, if in the end everything will end, right?
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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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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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They threw these musicians at me, man, and the sound was coming from behind. The bass was charging me.
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You’re only as much as you settle for. If they settle for being somebody’s dishwasher that’s their own f***ing problem.
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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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I just want to feel as much as I can, it’s what soul is all about.
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Honey, if you’ve had your eye on a piece of talent and that chick down the road has been getting all the action, then you know what you gotta do… Try A Little Bit Harder.
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Maybe they’ll have a second thought – that they can be themselves and win.
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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 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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You are what you settle for.
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I’m tired of all these hippie jack-offs
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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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If someone comes along, gonna give you some love and affection, I say get it while you can.
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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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When you hold somebody, you gotta hold them like it’s the last minute of your life.
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Man, there ain’t gonna be nothing left for Janis.
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I always wanted to be an artist, whatever that was, like other chicks want to be stewardesses. I read. I painted. I thought.
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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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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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On stage I make love to twenty five thousand people; and then I go home alone.
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