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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…

Janis Joplin

You are what you settle for. You are only as much as you settle for.
JANIS JOPLIN

Lot Much Only Settle Settling
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.
JANIS JOPLIN

Audience Feel Good Guy Made Man Right Story
I’m just doing what I wanted to and what feels right and not settling for bullshit and it worked. How can they be mad at that?
JANIS JOPLIN

Bullshit Doing Feel Mad Settling Wanted Worked
You’re only as much as you settle for. If they settle for being somebody’s dishwasher that’s their own f***ing problem.
JANIS JOPLIN

Dishwasher Fighting Only Problem Somebody. Settle Want
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?
JANIS JOPLIN

Good Long Matter Now Road Scary Truth Yeah
The more you live, the less you die.
JANIS JOPLIN

Death Die Less Life More
All you really have that really matters are feelings. That’s what music is to me.” – Janis Joplin
JANIS JOPLIN

Feeling Matter Music Playing Really Sound
It’s that point two people can get to they call love, when you really touch someone for the first time, but it’s gigantic, multiplied by the whole audience. I feel chills.
JANIS JOPLIN

Call People Point Someone Touch
I’d rather have ten years of superhypermost than live to be seventy sitting in some goddamn chair watching TV.
JANIS JOPLIN

Goddamn Seventy Sitting Superhypemost Watching Tv Year
Audiences like their blues singers to be miserable.
JANIS JOPLIN

Audience Blue Miserable Music Sadness Singer
Maybe my audiences can enjoy my music more if they think I’m destroying myself.
JANIS JOPLIN

Audience Destroying Enjoy More Music Thinking
Man, there ain’t gonna be nothing left for Janis.
JANIS JOPLIN

Left Man Nothing People Person
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.
JANIS JOPLIN

Anything Brain Man Minute Sort Switch
Don’t you know that you’re nothing more than a one night stand?
JANIS JOPLIN

Decision Know Night One Rejection Stand Story
All any girl really wants is just love and a man. But what man can put up with a rock-n-roll star?
JANIS JOPLIN

Girl Love Man Rock Roll Star
I talk to the audience, look into their eyes. I need them and they need me.
JANIS JOPLIN

Audience Eye Look Need Talk

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