Man, there ain’t gonna be nothing left for Janis.
JANIS JOPLINWhen everything is together – the band, me, the audience, it’s boss! It’s just like magic.
More Janis Joplin Quotes
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Don’t go looking for Mr. Right. Look for Mr. Right Now.
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Guess what, I might be the first hippie pinup girl.
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You know you’ve got it, if it makes you feel good.
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Maybe they’ll have a second thought – that they can be themselves and win.
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On stage I make love to twenty five thousand people; and then I go home alone.
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What we’ve had to do is learn to control success, put it in perspective, and not lose the essence of what we’re doing – the music.
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I’d rather have ten years of superhypermost than live to be seventy sitting in some goddamn chair watching TV.
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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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That’s what I’m trying to do mostly in the whole world, is not bullshit myself and not bullshit anybody else.
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After they see me, when their mothers are feeding them all that cashmere sweater and girdle [expletive deleted by the New York Times]
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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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All you really have that really matters are feelings. That’s what music is to me.” – Janis Joplin
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I talk to the audience, look into their eyes. I need them and they need me.
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You better not compromise yourself, it’s all you’ve got.
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