Man, there ain’t gonna be nothing left for Janis.
JANIS JOPLINHippies 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.
More Janis Joplin Quotes
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If you don’t settle for that and you keep fighting it, you know, you’ll end up anything you want to be.
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I read, I painted, I didn’t hate niggers.
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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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When everything is together – the band, me, the audience, it’s boss! It’s just like magic.
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You can destroy your now by worrying about tomorrow.
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Except I knew I had a good voice and I could always get a couple of beers off of it. All of a sudden someone threw me in this rock ‘n’ roll band.
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When I sing, I feel like when you’re first in love. It’s more than sex.
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Guess what, I might be the first hippie pinup girl.
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At least we know we tend to be afraid. If you object to my plural noun, I’ll retract it.
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I’d rather not sing than sing quiet.
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All any girl really wants is just love and a man. But what man can put up with a rock-n-roll star?
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I don’t know, I just want to feel as much as I can, it’s what ‘soul’ is all about.
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And I decided then and there that that was it. I never wanted to do anything else. It was better than it had been with any man, you know. Maybe that’s the trouble.
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I talk to the audience, look into their eyes. I need them and they need me.
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The more you live, the less you die.
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