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.
JANIS JOPLINYou got to get it while you can.
More Janis Joplin Quotes
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Don’t you know that you’re nothing more than a one night stand?
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I’d rather not sing than sing quiet.
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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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I think I think too much. That’s why I drink!
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I believe the only people who truly experience and test the application of equality are twins.
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I can’t talk about my singing; I’m inside it. How can you describe something you’re inside of?
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You are what you settle for.
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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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.I’m gettin’ it now, today. I don’t even know where I’m gonna be twenty years from now, so I’m just gonna keep on rockin’, cause if I start saving up bits and pieces of me.
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When I sing, I feel like when you’re first in love. It’s more than sex.
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You know why we’re stuck with the myth that only black people have soul? Because white people don’t let themselves feel things.
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When you hold somebody, you gotta hold them like it’s the last minute of your life.
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You better not compromise yourself, it’s all you’ve got.
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On stage I make love to twenty five thousand people; and then I go home alone.
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You can destroy your now by worrying about tomorrow.
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