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You have to sing loud and move wild with all that in back of you. Now, I don’t know how to perform any other way.

Janis Joplin

I can’t talk about my singing; I’m inside it. How can you describe something you’re inside of?
JANIS JOPLIN

Describe Inside Singing Something Talk
I started out to be a person on the street, just like everybody else. I didn’t start out to be a singer. But I got sort of swept up in this singing thing, and after I got involved in it it got really important to me if I was good or not.
JANIS JOPLIN

Everywhere Important Out Person Singer Singing Sort Started Street
You know why we’re stuck with the myth that only black people have soul? Because white people don’t let themselves feel things.
JANIS JOPLIN

Black False Myth People Racism Soul Stuck Themselves White
You know you’ve got it, if it makes you feel good.
JANIS JOPLIN

Feel Good Got Make You
If someone comes along, gonna give you some love and affection, I say get it while you can.
JANIS JOPLIN

Affection Attachment Giving Love Philosophy Someone
You can destroy your now by worrying about tomorrow.
JANIS JOPLIN

Adventure Destroy Motivational Positive Tomorrow
It’s not what isn’t, it’s what you wish was that makes unhappiness.
JANIS JOPLIN

Desire Like Make Planning Unhappiness Wish
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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Beer Couple Good Heavies Life Man Stoned Time Wanted
People, whether they know it or not, like their blues singers miserable. They like their blues singers to die afterwards.
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Afterward Blue Die Like Miserable People Singer
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-
JANIS JOPLIN

Down Man Rock Roll Sitting Smile Sweaty Thinking
I started singing rhythmically, and now I’m learning from Otis Redding to push a song instead of just sliding over it
JANIS JOPLIN

Meaning Over Redding Rhythmically Singing Song
Why should I hold back now and sound mediocre, just so I can sound mediocre twenty years from now?
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Mediocre Now Sound Twenties Twenty Year
As good as you’ve been to this world is as good as it’s gonna be right back to you.
JANIS JOPLIN

Back Gonna Good Philosophy Right World
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.
JANIS JOPLIN

Confusion Different Full Hard Hurt Kid Lot Thing
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?’
JANIS JOPLIN

Asked Backstage Man Marry Old Opera Real Some Story Thinking Took
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.
JANIS JOPLIN

Audience Feel Good Guy Made Man Right Story

You have to sing loud and move wild with all that in back of you. Now, I don’t know how to perform any other way.

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