That was to be true to myself, to be the person that I…that was on inside of me and not play games.
JANIS JOPLINThey threw these musicians at me, man, and the sound was coming from behind. The bass was charging me.
More Janis Joplin Quotes
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Being an intellectual creates a lot of questions and no answers.
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When everything is together – the band, me, the audience, it’s boss! It’s just like magic.
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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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If you’ve got a today, don’t wear it tomorrow. Tomorrow never happens. It’s all the same day.
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The older the grapes, sweeter the wine.
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Man, there ain’t gonna be nothing left for Janis.
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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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All any girl really wants is just love and a man. But what man can put up with a rock-n-roll star?
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Don’t go looking for Mr. Right. Look for Mr. Right Now.
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Don’t you know that you’re nothing more than a one night stand?
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Being an intellectual creates a lot of questions and no answers. You can fill your life up with ideas and still go home lonely.
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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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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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You better not compromise yourself, it’s all you’ve got.
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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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