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 JOPLINYou are what you settle for. You are only as much as you settle for.
More Janis Joplin Quotes
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That’s what rock and roll is for, turn that switch on, and man, it can all be.
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When I sing, I feel like when you’re first in love. It’s more than sex.
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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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At least we know we tend to be afraid. If you object to my plural noun, I’ll retract it.
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I gotta go on doin’ it the way I see it…I got no choice but to take it like I see it. I’m here to have a party while I’m on this earth..
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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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You are what you settle for.
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On stage I make love to twenty five thousand people; and then I go home alone.
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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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I’m one of those regular weird people.
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Gimme a pigfoot and a bottle of beer.
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Don’t compromise yourself. You are all you’ve got.
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Singing, it’s like it’s like loving somebody, it’s a supreme emotional and physical experience.
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Wait a minute, maybe I can do anything.
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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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