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Janis Joplin101 quotes“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.
Janis JoplinJanis Joplin To be true to myself, to be the person that was on the inside of me, and not play games.
Janis JoplinJanis Joplin Don’t you know that you’re nothing more than a one night stand?
Janis JoplinJanis Joplin My father wouldn’t get us a TV, he wouldn’t allow a TV in the house.
Janis JoplinJanis Joplin Man, there ain’t gonna be nothing left for Janis.
Janis JoplinJanis Joplin You can feel all things at once, so why not wear all things at once?
Janis JoplinJanis Joplin It’s hard to be free but when it works, it’s worth it!
Janis JoplinJanis Joplin Distance cannot kill this relationship. Time cannot breakdown anything we have. This is a relationship that I am ready to sacrifice and stand up for.
Janis JoplinJanis Joplin Maybe my audiences can enjoy my music more if they think I’m destroying myself.
Janis JoplinJanis Joplin I’d rather not sing than sing quiet.
Janis JoplinJanis Joplin That’s what rock and roll is for, turn that switch on, and man, it can all be.
Janis JoplinJanis Joplin I won’t quit to become someone’s old lady.
Janis JoplinJanis Joplin When you hold somebody, you gotta hold them like it’s the last minute of your life.
Janis JoplinJanis Joplin My business is to enjoy and have fun. And why not, if in the end everything will end, right?
Janis JoplinJanis Joplin All you really have that really matters are feelings. That’s what music is to me.” – Janis Joplin
Janis JoplinJanis Joplin When I sing, I feel like when you’re first in love. It’s more than sex.
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Alan LightmanAlan Lightman Villains are a ball. People have been laughing at me for 50 years, so I love to sit in the back of the theater and listen to them hate me.
Alan KingAlan King Back home everyone said I didn’t have any talent. They might be saying the same thing over here, but it sounds better in French.
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