Don’t compromise your self, you’re all you got.
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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I’d rather not sing than sing quiet.
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I started singing rhythmically, and now I’m learning from Otis Redding to push a song instead of just sliding over it
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I’m one of those regular weird people.
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Maybe they’ll have a second thought – that they can be themselves and win.
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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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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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To be true to myself, to be the person that was on the inside of me, and not play games.
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I’d rather have ten years of superhypermost than live to be seventy sitting in some goddamn chair watching TV.
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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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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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If you don’t settle for that and you keep fighting it, you know, you’ll end up anything you want to be.
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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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You are what you settle for.
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You can feel all things at once, so why not wear all things at once?
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Like, I don’t think I’d go off the road for long now, for life with a guy no matter how good. Yeah, it’s the truth. Scary thing to say though, isn’t it?
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