When you hold somebody, you gotta hold them like it’s the last minute of your life.
JANIS JOPLINIt 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…
More Janis Joplin Quotes
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I’m one of those regular weird people.
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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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I can’t talk about my singing; I’m inside it. How can you describe something you’re inside of?
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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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When everything is together – the band, me, the audience, it’s boss! It’s just like magic.
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Maybe they’ll have a second thought – that they can be themselves and win.
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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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Oh, Lord, won’t you buy me a Mercedes Benz – My friends all drive Porsches, I must make amends.
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I just want to feel as much as I can, it’s what soul is all about.
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If you’ve got a today, don’t wear it tomorrow. Tomorrow never happens. It’s all the same day.
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I don’t know what happened. I just exploded. I’d never sung like that before. I used to stand still and sing simple, but you can’t sing like that in front of a rock band.
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I love being a star more than life itself.
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It’s hard to be free but when it works, it’s worth it!
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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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Don’t compromise your self, you’re all you got.
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