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.
JANIS JOPLINI would trade all my tomorrow’s for one single yesterday.
More Janis Joplin Quotes
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Don’t compromise yourself. You are all you’ve got.
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Maybe my audiences can enjoy my music more if they think I’m destroying myself.
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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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I love being a star more than life itself.
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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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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.
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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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When everything is together – the band, me, the audience, it’s boss! It’s just like magic.
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I’d rather not sing than sing quiet.
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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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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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I don’t know, I just want to feel as much as I can, it’s what ‘soul’ is all about.
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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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If someone comes along, gonna give you some love and affection, I say get it while you can.
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Gimme a pigfoot and a bottle of beer.
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