To be true to myself, to be the person that was on the inside of me, and not play games.
JANIS JOPLINAt my concerts most of the chicks are looking for liberation, they think I’m gonna show ’em how to do it.
More Janis Joplin Quotes
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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.
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Being an intellectual creates a lot of questions and no answers. You can fill your life up with ideas and still go home lonely.
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That was to be true to myself, to be the person that I…that was on inside of me and not play games.
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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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That’s what I’m trying to do mostly in the whole world, is not bullshit myself and not bullshit anybody else.
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Audiences like their blues singers to be miserable.
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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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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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All you really have that really matters are feelings. That’s what music is to me.” – Janis Joplin
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You are what you settle for.
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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.
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You can feel all things at once, so why not wear all things at once?
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I would trade all my tomorrow’s for one single yesterday.
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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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The older the grapes, sweeter the wine.
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