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When everything is together – the band, me, the audience, it’s boss! It’s just like magic.

Janis Joplin

I started singing rhythmically, and now I’m learning from Otis Redding to push a song instead of just sliding over it
JANIS JOPLIN

Meaning Over Redding Rhythmically Singing Song
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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Before Exploded Happened Moving Rock Simple Sing Sung
I just want to feel as much as I can, it’s what soul is all about.
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Feel Inspirational Music Much Soul Want
You are what you settle for.
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Dream Hope Makeover Settle Settling Wish
All my life I just wanted to be a beatnik. Meet all the heavies, get stoned, get laid, have a good time. That’s all I ever wanted.
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Beer Couple Good Heavies Life Man Stoned Time Wanted
They asked me, How did you learn to sing the blues like that? How did you learn to sing that heavy? I just opened my mouth and that’s what I sounded like.
JANIS JOPLIN

Asked Blue heavy Like Mouths Opened You
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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Everywhere Important Out Person Singer Singing Sort Started Street
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.
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Call People Point Someone Touch
You better not compromise yourself, it’s all you’ve got.
JANIS JOPLIN

Better Compromise Got Happen Honesty
Gimme a pigfoot and a bottle of beer.
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Beer Bottle Gimme Humorous Pigfoot
You are what you settle for. You are only as much as you settle for.
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Lot Much Only Settle Settling
I don’t know, I just want to feel as much as I can, it’s what ‘soul’ is all about.
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Feel Feeling Much Soul Think
I would trade all my tomorrow’s for one single yesterday.
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Mine Single Tomorrow Trade Yesterday
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
If you don’t settle for that and you keep fighting it, you know, you’ll end up anything you want to be.
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Dishwasher Much Own Problem Settle Somebody
People, whether they know it or not, like their blues singers miserable. They like their blues singers to die afterwards.
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Afterward Blue Die Like Miserable People Singer

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