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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And I think you sort of switch on their brain, man, so that makes them say: ‘Wait a minute, maybe I can do anything.’ Whoooooo! It’s life.
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Don’t go looking for Mr. Right. Look for Mr. Right Now.
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You can destroy your now by worrying about tomorrow.
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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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Why should I hold back now and sound mediocre, just so I can sound mediocre twenty years from now?
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You better not compromise yourself, it’s all you’ve got.
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I started out to be a person on the street, just like everybody else. I didn’t start out to be a singer. But I got sort of swept up in this singing thing, and after I got involved in it it got really important to me if I was good or not.
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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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I read, I painted, I didn’t hate niggers.
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At least we know we tend to be afraid. If you object to my plural noun, I’ll retract it.
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Being an intellectual creates a lot of questions and no answers. You can fill your life up with ideas and still go home lonely.
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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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If you’ve got a today, don’t wear it tomorrow. Tomorrow never happens. It’s all the same day.
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On stage I make love to twenty five thousand people; and then I go home alone.
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In my insides, it really hurts if someone doesn’t like me. It’s silly.
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