If I hold back, I’m no good. I’m no good. I’d rather be good sometimes, than holding back all the time.
JANIS JOPLINYou can destroy your now by worrying about tomorrow.
More Janis Joplin Quotes
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I read a story about some old opera singer once, and when a guy asked her to marry him, she took him backstage after she had sung a real triumph, with all the people calling for her, asked, ‘Do you think you could give me that?’
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I’m tired of all these hippie jack-offs
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They threw these musicians at me, man, and the sound was coming from behind. The bass was charging me.
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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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Guess what, I might be the first hippie pinup girl.
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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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I’d rather not sing than sing quiet.
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Honey, if you’ve had your eye on a piece of talent and that chick down the road has been getting all the action, then you know what you gotta do… Try A Little Bit Harder.
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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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It’s hard to be free but when it works, it’s worth it!
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I talk to the audience, look into their eyes. I need them and they need me.
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Freedom is just another word for when you have NOTHING left to lose.
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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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You got to get it while you can.
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Wait a minute, maybe I can do anything.
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