Don’t go looking for Mr. Right. Look for Mr. Right Now.
JANIS JOPLINOh, Lord, won’t you buy me a Mercedes Benz – My friends all drive Porsches, I must make amends.
More Janis Joplin Quotes
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Wait a minute, maybe I can do anything.
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You can feel all things at once, so why not wear all things at once?
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At least we know we tend to be afraid. If you object to my plural noun, I’ll retract it.
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I read a story about some old opera singer once, and when a guy asked her to marry him, she took him backstage after she had sung a real triumph, with all the people calling for her, asked, ‘Do you think you could give me that?’
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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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Oh, Lord, won’t you buy me a Mercedes Benz – My friends all drive Porsches, I must make amends.
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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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They threw these musicians at me, man, and the sound was coming from behind. The bass was charging me.
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I’d rather not sing than sing quiet.
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Except I knew I had a good voice and I could always get a couple of beers off of it. All of a sudden someone threw me in this rock ‘n’ roll band.
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You better not compromise yourself, it’s all you’ve got.
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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 won’t quit to become someone’s old lady.
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I’m one of those regular weird people.
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You got to get it while you can.
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