That story hit me right, man. I know no guy ever made me feel as good as an audience. I’m really far into this now, really committed.
JANIS JOPLINIf you can get them once, man, get them standing up when they should be sitting down, sweaty when they should be decorous, smile when they should be applauding politely-
More Janis Joplin Quotes
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The older the grapes, sweeter the wine.
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Gimme a pigfoot and a bottle of beer.
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At my concerts most of the chicks are looking for liberation, they think I’m gonna show ’em how to do it.
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What we’ve had to do is learn to control success, put it in perspective, and not lose the essence of what we’re doing – the music.
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You got to get it while you can.
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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..
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That’s what I’m trying to do mostly in the whole world, is not bullshit myself and not bullshit anybody else.
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All any girl really wants is just love and a man. But what man can put up with a rock-n-roll star?
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I don’t know, I just want to feel as much as I can, it’s what ‘soul’ is all about.
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I’m not really thinking much… Just sort of, trying to feel.
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Oh Lord, won’t you buy me a Mercedes Benz.
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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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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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All you really have that really matters are feelings. That’s what music is to me.” – Janis Joplin
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I read, I painted, I didn’t hate niggers.
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