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You can’t stay in your home town and play because the two people will get tired of seeing you.

Janis Joplin

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 got treated very badly in Texas. They don’t treat beatniks too good in Texas. Port Arthur people thought I was a beatnik, though they’d never seen one and neither had I.
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Arthur Badly Beatniks Good People Port Texas
I believe the only people who truly experience and test the application of equality are twins.
JANIS JOPLIN

Application Believe Equality Experience People Test Truly Twin
I’m tired of all these hippie jack-offs
JANIS JOPLIN

Hippie Jack Off Tired
In my insides, it really hurts if someone doesn’t like me. It’s silly.
JANIS JOPLIN

Feeling Hurt Inside Like Really Silly Story
It’s hard to be free but when it works, it’s worth it!
JANIS JOPLIN

Free Work Working Hard Worth
Wait a minute, maybe I can do anything.
JANIS JOPLIN

Anything Ca Happen Minute Minutes Waiting
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
And I think you sort of switch on their brain, man, so that makes them say: ‘Wait a minute, maybe I can do anything.’ Whoooooo! It’s life.
JANIS JOPLIN

Anything Brain Man Minute Sort Switch
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
I talk to the audience, look into their eyes. I need them and they need me.
JANIS JOPLIN

Audience Eye Look Need Talk
I always wanted to be an artist, whatever that was, like other chicks want to be stewardesses. I read. I painted. I thought.
JANIS JOPLIN

Artist Chick Painted Read Stewardess Want Wanted Whatever
It’s that point two people can get to they call love, when you really touch someone for the first time, but it’s gigantic, multiplied by the whole audience. I feel chills.
JANIS JOPLIN

Call People Point Someone Touch
My business is to enjoy and have fun. And why not, if in the end everything will end, right?
JANIS JOPLIN

Business End Enjoy Everything Fun Not Why
Like, I don’t think I’d go off the road for long now, for life with a guy no matter how good. Yeah, it’s the truth. Scary thing to say though, isn’t it?
JANIS JOPLIN

Good Long Matter Now Road Scary Truth Yeah
Hippies believe the world could be a better place. Beatniks believe things aren’t going to get better and say the hell with it, stay stoned and have a good time.
JANIS JOPLIN

Beatnik Believe Better Get Hippie Place

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