I gotta go on doin’ it the way I see it…I got no choice but to take it like I see it. I’m here to have a party while I’m on this earth..
JANIS JOPLINYou can destroy your now by worrying about tomorrow.
More Janis Joplin Quotes
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All my life I just wanted to be a beatnik. Meet all the heavies, get stoned, get laid, have a good time. That’s all I ever wanted.
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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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Hippies believe the world could be a better place. Beatniks believe things aren’t going to get better and say the hell with it, stay stoned and have a good time.
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Guess what, I might be the first hippie pinup girl.
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Don’t compromise your self, you’re all you got.
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Don’t you know that you’re nothing more than a one night stand?
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It’s not what isn’t, it’s what you wish was that makes unhappiness.
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I’d rather not sing than sing quiet.
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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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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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When everything is together – the band, me, the audience, it’s boss! It’s just like magic.
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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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You can’t stay in your home town and play because the two people will get tired of seeing you.
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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 just want to feel as much as I can, it’s what soul is all about.
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