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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

I’m tired of all these hippie jack-offs
JANIS JOPLIN

Hippie Jack Off Tired
And I think you sort of switch on their brain, man, so that makes them say: ‘Wait a minute, maybe I can do anything.’ Whoooooo! It’s life.
JANIS JOPLIN

Anything Brain Man Minute Sort Switch
They threw these musicians at me, man, and the sound was coming from behind. The bass was charging me.
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Behind Charging Coming Man Musician Sound Threw
You know you’ve got it, if it makes you feel good.
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Feel Good Got Make You
I got treated very badly in Texas. They don’t treat beatniks too good in Texas. Port Arthur people thought I was a beatnik, though they’d never seen one and neither had I.
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Arthur Badly Beatniks Good People Port Texas
I’m just doing what I wanted to and what feels right and not settling for bullshit and it worked. How can they be mad at that?
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Bullshit Doing Feel Mad Settling Wanted Worked
Oh Lord, won’t you buy me a Mercedes Benz.
JANIS JOPLIN

Benz Buy Car Dream Lord Materialism Mercedes Benz Passion
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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Choice Gotta Man Party See Way Year
Singing, it’s like it’s like loving somebody, it’s a supreme emotional and physical experience.
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Emotional Experience Love Music Singing Somebody Supreme
Audiences like their blues singers to be miserable.
JANIS JOPLIN

Audience Blue Miserable Music Sadness Singer
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.
JANIS JOPLIN

Control Essence Learn Lose Perspective Succes
When you hold somebody, you gotta hold them like it’s the last minute of your life.
JANIS JOPLIN

Advice Gotta Hold Last Life Minute Somebody
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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Good Long Matter Now Road Scary Truth Yeah
You better not compromise yourself, it’s all you’ve got.
JANIS JOPLIN

Better Compromise Got Happen Honesty
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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Dam Feel Loving Screw Short Silence Someone Telling
Honey, if you’ve had your eye on a piece of talent and that chick down the road has been getting all the action, then you know what you gotta do… Try A Little Bit Harder.
JANIS JOPLIN

Action Chick Eye Getting Honey Piece Trying

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.

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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.

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