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.
JANIS JOPLINI 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.
More Janis Joplin Quotes
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I’m one of those regular weird people.
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You have to sing loud and move wild with all that in back of you. Now, I don’t know how to perform any other way.
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You can’t stay in your home town and play because the two people will get tired of seeing you.
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This whole thing that’s happened to me, you see, this whole success thing..it hasn’t yet really compromised the position that I took a long time ago in Texas
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To be true to myself, to be the person that was on the inside of me, and not play games.
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I believe the only people who truly experience and test the application of equality are twins.
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You know you’ve got it, if it makes you feel good.
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Being an intellectual creates a lot of questions and no answers.
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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.
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I would trade all my tomorrow’s for one single yesterday.
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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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When you hold somebody, you gotta hold them like it’s the last minute of your life.
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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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You can’t make up something that you don’t feel. I didn’t make it up. I just opened my mouth and it existed.
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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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