Maybe they’ll have a second thought – that they can be themselves and win.
JANIS JOPLINAll 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.
More Janis Joplin Quotes
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I don’t know what happened. I just exploded. I’d never sung like that before. I used to stand still and sing simple, but you can’t sing like that in front of a rock band.
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Don’t you know that you’re nothing more than a one night stand?
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To be true to myself, to be the person that was on the inside of me, and not play games.
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My father wouldn’t get us a TV, he wouldn’t allow a TV in the house.
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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’m tired of all these hippie jack-offs
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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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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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You can’t make up something that you don’t feel. I didn’t make it up. I just opened my mouth and it existed.
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I’m one of those regular weird people.
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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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It’s hard to be free but when it works, it’s worth it!
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Maybe my audiences can enjoy my music more if they think I’m destroying myself.
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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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Wait a minute, maybe I can do anything.
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