It’s not what isn’t, it’s what you wish was that makes unhappiness.
JANIS JOPLINAt least we know we tend to be afraid. If you object to my plural noun, I’ll retract it.
More Janis Joplin Quotes
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This whole thing that’s happened to me, you see, this whole success thing..it hasn’t yet really compromised the position that I took a long time ago in Texas
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Hippies believe the world could be a better place. Beatniks believe things aren’t going to get better and say the hell with it, stay stoned and have a good time.
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Don’t compromise yourself. You are all you’ve got.
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You have to sing loud and move wild with all that in back of you. Now, I don’t know how to perform any other way.
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I’m one of those regular weird people.
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I’m tired of all these hippie jack-offs
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I think I think too much. That’s why I drink!
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Like most girls I’m always really self-conscious about do I look fat, if my legs are short, if I’m weird shaped, but when I go on stage, man, it never occurs to me. I think I look beautiful.
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I read, I painted, I didn’t hate niggers.
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You can destroy your now by worrying about tomorrow.
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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 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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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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The more you live, the less you die.
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Don’t go looking for Mr. Right. Look for Mr. Right Now.
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