Being an intellectual creates a lot of questions and no answers.
JANIS JOPLINYou better not compromise yourself, it’s all you’ve got.
More Janis Joplin Quotes
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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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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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I think I think too much. That’s why I drink!
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Distance cannot kill this relationship. Time cannot breakdown anything we have. This is a relationship that I am ready to sacrifice and stand up for.
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I read, I painted, I didn’t hate niggers.
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I’m not really thinking much… Just sort of, trying to feel.
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You got to get it while you can.
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You better not compromise yourself, it’s all you’ve got.
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You know you’ve got it, if it makes you feel good.
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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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It’s that point two people can get to they call love, when you really touch someone for the first time, but it’s gigantic, multiplied by the whole audience. I feel chills.
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Don’t go looking for Mr. Right. Look for Mr. Right Now.
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Wait a minute, maybe I can do anything.
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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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I talk to the audience, look into their eyes. I need them and they need me.
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