At my concerts most of the chicks are looking for liberation, they think I’m gonna show ’em how to do it.
JANIS JOPLINI can’t talk about my singing; I’m inside it. How can you describe something you’re inside of?
More Janis Joplin Quotes
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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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I talk to the audience, look into their eyes. I need them and they need me.
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That’s what rock and roll is for, turn that switch on, and man, it can all be.
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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.
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To be true to myself, to be the person that was on the inside of me, and not play games.
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What we’ve had to do is learn to control success, put it in perspective, and not lose the essence of what we’re doing – the music.
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I just want to feel as much as I can, it’s what soul is all about.
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Maybe my audiences can enjoy my music more if they think I’m destroying myself.
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Texas is OK if you want to settle down and do your own thing quietly, but it’s not for outrageous people, and I was always outrageous.
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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..
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Man, there ain’t gonna be nothing left for Janis.
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I love being a star more than life itself.
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Don’t compromise your self, you’re all you got.
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Audiences like their blues singers to be miserable.
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Don’t go looking for Mr. Right. Look for Mr. Right Now.
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