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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.

Janis Joplin

I would trade all my tomorrow’s for one single yesterday.
JANIS JOPLIN

Mine Single Tomorrow Trade Yesterday
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..
JANIS JOPLIN

Choice Gotta Man Party See Way Year
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
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.
JANIS JOPLIN

Action Chick Eye Getting Honey Piece Trying
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
After they see me, when their mothers are feeding them all that cashmere sweater and girdle [expletive deleted by the New York Times]
JANIS JOPLIN

Cashmere Country Feeding Grdle Mother Sweater Winning
If I hold back, I’m no good. I’m no good. I’d rather be good sometimes, than holding back all the time.
JANIS JOPLIN

Back Good Hold Holding Rather Sometimes
Maybe they’ll have a second thought – that they can be themselves and win.
JANIS JOPLIN

Ideas Second Themselves Thought Win
That’s what I’m trying to do mostly in the whole world, is not bullshit myself and not bullshit anybody else.
JANIS JOPLIN

Bullshit Inside Mostly Person Trying World
They threw these musicians at me, man, and the sound was coming from behind. The bass was charging me.
JANIS JOPLIN

Behind Charging Coming Man Musician Sound Threw
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.
JANIS JOPLIN

Beer Couple Good Heavies Life Man Stoned Time Wanted
Wait a minute, maybe I can do anything.
JANIS JOPLIN

Anything Ca Happen Minute Minutes Waiting
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’m one of those regular weird people.
JANIS JOPLIN

Being Weird Kind One People Regular
Life is too damn short and [screwed] up to go through it silently loving someone and never telling them how you feel. [Screw]
JANIS JOPLIN

Dam Feel Loving Screw Short Silence Someone Telling
It’s not what isn’t, it’s what you wish was that makes unhappiness.
JANIS JOPLIN

Desire Like Make Planning Unhappiness Wish

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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