Maybe they’ll have a second thought – that they can be themselves and win.
JANIS JOPLINPeople, whether they know it or not, like their blues singers miserable. They like their blues singers to die afterwards.
More Janis Joplin Quotes
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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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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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Don’t compromise yourself. You are all you’ve got.
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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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You are what you settle for.
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You better not compromise yourself, it’s all you’ve got.
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It’s hard to be free but when it works, it’s worth it!
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Oh Lord, won’t you buy me a Mercedes Benz.
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Guess what, I might be the first hippie pinup girl.
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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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You got to get it while you can.
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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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My father wouldn’t get us a TV, he wouldn’t allow a TV in the house.
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Maybe my audiences can enjoy my music more if they think I’m destroying myself.
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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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