Freedom is just another word for when you have NOTHING left to lose.
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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You can destroy your now by worrying about tomorrow.
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The older the grapes, sweeter the wine.
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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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Singing, it’s like it’s like loving somebody, it’s a supreme emotional and physical experience.
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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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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 think I think too much. That’s why I drink!
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In my insides, it really hurts if someone doesn’t like me. It’s silly.
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If you don’t settle for that and you keep fighting it, you know, you’ll end up anything you want to be.
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I’m not really thinking much… Just sort of, trying to feel.
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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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I won’t quit to become someone’s old lady.
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My father wouldn’t get us a TV, he wouldn’t allow a TV in the house.
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Texas is OK if you want to settle down and do your own thing quietly, but it’s not for outrageous people, and I was always outrageous.
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Gimme a pigfoot and a bottle of beer.
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