My father wouldn’t get us a TV, he wouldn’t allow a TV in the house.
JANIS JOPLINAnd 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.
More Janis Joplin Quotes
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You are what you settle for. You are only as much as you settle for.
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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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Singing, it’s like it’s like loving somebody, it’s a supreme emotional and physical experience.
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I’d rather not sing than sing quiet.
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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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I just want to feel as much as I can, it’s what soul is all about.
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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.
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You can destroy your now by worrying about tomorrow.
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Being an intellectual creates a lot of questions and no answers.
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You know you’ve got it, if it makes you feel good.
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If 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-
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When you hold somebody, you gotta hold them like it’s the last minute of your life.
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It’s hard to be free but when it works, it’s worth it!
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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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Why should I hold back now and sound mediocre, just so I can sound mediocre twenty years from now?
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