I talk to the audience, look into their eyes. I need them and they need me.
JANIS JOPLINI read, I painted, I didn’t hate niggers.
More Janis Joplin Quotes
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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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All you really have that really matters are feelings. That’s what music is to me.” – Janis Joplin
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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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When everything is together – the band, me, the audience, it’s boss! It’s just like magic.
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Why should I hold back now and sound mediocre, just so I can sound mediocre twenty years from now?
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I’d rather not sing than sing quiet.
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You got to get it while you can.
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Maybe they’ll have a second thought – that they can be themselves and win.
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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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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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You can’t stay in your home town and play because the two people will get tired of seeing you.
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The more you live, the less you die.
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You better not compromise yourself, it’s all you’ve got.
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I read, I painted, I didn’t hate niggers.
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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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