I’m not really thinking much… Just sort of, trying to feel.
JANIS JOPLINThat was to be true to myself, to be the person that I…that was on inside of me and not play games.
More Janis Joplin Quotes
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Don’t compromise yourself. You are all you’ve got.
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Texas is OK if you want to settle down and do your own thing quietly, but it’s not for outrageous people, and I was always outrageous.
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You know why we’re stuck with the myth that only black people have soul? Because white people don’t let themselves feel things.
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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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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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Audiences like their blues singers to be miserable.
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I love being a star more than life itself.
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I’m just doing what I wanted to and what feels right and not settling for bullshit and it worked. How can they be mad at that?
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Don’t you know that you’re nothing more than a one night stand?
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I read, I painted, I didn’t hate niggers.
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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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Don’t go looking for Mr. Right. Look for Mr. Right Now.
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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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In my insides, it really hurts if someone doesn’t like me. It’s silly.
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You can feel all things at once, so why not wear all things at once?
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