Audiences like their blues singers to be miserable.
JANIS JOPLINFreedom is just another word for when you have NOTHING left to lose.
More Janis Joplin Quotes
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That was to be true to myself, to be the person that I…that was on inside of me and not play games.
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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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Why should I hold back now and sound mediocre, just so I can sound mediocre twenty years from now?
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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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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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My business is to enjoy and have fun. And why not, if in the end everything will end, right?
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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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In my insides, it really hurts if someone doesn’t like me. It’s silly.
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Like most girls I’m always really self-conscious about do I look fat, if my legs are short, if I’m weird shaped, but when I go on stage, man, it never occurs to me. I think I look beautiful.
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The consequences, [screw] the implications of the actions, to hell with it all… whatever happens as a result is better than the nothingness that is inevitable with silence.
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Wait a minute, maybe I can do anything.
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My father wouldn’t get us a TV, he wouldn’t allow a TV in the house.
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I’m not really thinking much… Just sort of, trying to feel.
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Being an intellectual creates a lot of questions and no answers. You can fill your life up with ideas and still go home lonely.
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You got to get it while you can.
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