My father wouldn’t get us a TV, he wouldn’t allow a TV in the house.
JANIS JOPLINYou’re only as much as you settle for. If they settle for being somebody’s dishwasher that’s their own f***ing problem.
More Janis Joplin Quotes
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That story hit me right, man. I know no guy ever made me feel as good as an audience. I’m really far into this now, really committed.
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I read, I painted, I didn’t hate niggers.
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Gimme a pigfoot and a bottle of beer.
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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?
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Life is too damn short and [screwed] up to go through it silently loving someone and never telling them how you feel. [Screw]
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It used to make me unhappy, all that feeling. I just didn’t know what to do with it. But now I’ve learned how to make feeling work for me…
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I started singing rhythmically, and now I’m learning from Otis Redding to push a song instead of just sliding over it
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Oh Lord, won’t you buy me a Mercedes Benz.
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Maybe my audiences can enjoy my music more if they think I’m destroying myself.
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You better not compromise yourself, it’s all you’ve got.
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Don’t you know that you’re nothing more than a one night stand?
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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 know you’ve got it, if it makes you feel good.
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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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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 love being a star more than life itself.
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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.
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You are what you settle for.
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I think I think too much. That’s why I drink!
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If someone comes along, gonna give you some love and affection, I say get it while you can.
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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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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.
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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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I always wanted to be an artist, whatever that was, like other chicks want to be stewardesses. I read. I painted. I thought.
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Wait a minute, maybe I can do anything.
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Guess what, I might be the first hippie pinup girl.
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