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.
JANIS JOPLINOn stage I make love to twenty five thousand people; and then I go home alone.
More Janis Joplin Quotes
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I believe the only people who truly experience and test the application of equality are twins.
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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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Why should I hold back now and sound mediocre, just so I can sound mediocre twenty years from now?
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You can’t stay in your home town and play because the two people will get tired of seeing you.
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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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You better not compromise yourself, it’s all you’ve got.
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I’m one of those regular weird people.
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Life is too damn short and [screwed] up to go through it silently loving someone and never telling them how you feel. [Screw]
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You are what you settle for.
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At my concerts most of the chicks are looking for liberation, they think I’m gonna show ’em how to do it.
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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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That’s what rock and roll is for, turn that switch on, and man, it can all be.
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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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Man, there ain’t gonna be nothing left for Janis.
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If someone comes along, gonna give you some love and affection, I say get it while you can.
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