That was to be true to myself, to be the person that I…that was on inside of me and not play games.
JANIS JOPLINI think I think too much. That’s why I drink!
More Janis Joplin Quotes
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Maybe my audiences can enjoy my music more if they think I’m destroying myself.
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I started out to be a person on the street, just like everybody else. I didn’t start out to be a singer. But I got sort of swept up in this singing thing, and after I got involved in it it got really important to me if I was good or not.
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Gimme a pigfoot and a bottle of beer.
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It’s hard to be free but when it works, it’s worth it!
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The more you live, the less you die.
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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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I won’t quit to become someone’s old lady.
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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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If someone comes along, gonna give you some love and affection, I say get it while you can.
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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.
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You can destroy your now by worrying about tomorrow.
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Oh, Lord, won’t you buy me a Mercedes Benz – My friends all drive Porsches, I must make amends.
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I think I think too much. That’s why I drink!
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If I hold back, I’m no good. I’m no good. I’d rather be good sometimes, than holding back all the time.
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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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