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

Janis Joplin

People, whether they know it or not, like their blues singers miserable. They like their blues singers to die afterwards.
JANIS JOPLIN

Afterward Blue Die Like Miserable People Singer
I read a story about some old opera singer once, and when a guy asked her to marry him, she took him backstage after she had sung a real triumph, with all the people calling for her, asked, ‘Do you think you could give me that?’
JANIS JOPLIN

Asked Backstage Man Marry Old Opera Real Some Story Thinking Took
If you don’t settle for that and you keep fighting it, you know, you’ll end up anything you want to be.
JANIS JOPLIN

Dishwasher Much Own Problem Settle Somebody
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
As good as you’ve been to this world is as good as it’s gonna be right back to you.
JANIS JOPLIN

Back Gonna Good Philosophy Right World
Don’t you know that you’re nothing more than a one night stand?
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Decision Know Night One Rejection Stand Story
I’m one of those regular weird people.
JANIS JOPLIN

Being Weird Kind One People Regular
I think I think too much. That’s why I drink!
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Drink Thinking Too Much
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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Artist Chick Painted Read Stewardess Want Wanted Whatever
.I’m gettin’ it now, today. I don’t even know where I’m gonna be twenty years from now, so I’m just gonna keep on rockin’, cause if I start saving up bits and pieces of me.
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Getting Gonna Keep Now Today Twenty Year
You know you’ve got it, if it makes you feel good.
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Feel Good Got Make You
If you can get them once, man, get them standing up when they should be sitting down, sweaty when they should be decorous, smile when they should be applauding politely-
JANIS JOPLIN

Down Man Rock Roll Sitting Smile Sweaty Thinking
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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Anything Better Decide Maybe Trouble Want
When everything is together – the band, me, the audience, it’s boss! It’s just like magic.
JANIS JOPLIN

Audience Band Boss Everything Like Magic Together
When I sing, I feel like when you’re first in love. It’s more than sex.
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Being First Love Music Point Sex Sing
Guess what, I might be the first hippie pinup girl.
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First Girl Guess Hippie might Pinup

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

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