When you hold somebody, you gotta hold them like it’s the last minute of your life.
JANIS JOPLINDon’t go looking for Mr. Right. Look for Mr. Right Now.
More Janis Joplin Quotes
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If I hold back, I’m no good. I’m no good. I’d rather be good sometimes, than holding back all the time.
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In my insides, it really hurts if someone doesn’t like me. It’s silly.
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I just want to feel as much as I can, it’s what soul is all about.
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Maybe my audiences can enjoy my music more if they think I’m destroying myself.
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If you can get them once, man, get them standing up when they should be sitting down, sweaty when they should be decorous, smile when they should be applauding politely-
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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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I think I think too much. That’s why I drink!
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Don’t you know that you’re nothing more than a one night stand?
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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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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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You are what you settle for. You are only as much as you settle for.
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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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And I decided then and there that that was it. I never wanted to do anything else. It was better than it had been with any man, you know. Maybe that’s the trouble.
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I’m not really thinking much… Just sort of, trying to feel.
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I’m one of those regular weird people.
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