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?
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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I just want to feel as much as I can, it’s what soul is all about.
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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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It’s not what isn’t, it’s what you wish was that makes unhappiness.
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I read, I painted, I didn’t hate niggers.
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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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If you’ve got a today, don’t wear it tomorrow. Tomorrow never happens. It’s all the same day.
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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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People, whether they know it or not, like their blues singers miserable. They like their blues singers to die afterwards.
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Freedom is just another word for when you have NOTHING left to lose.
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You’re only as much as you settle for. If they settle for being somebody’s dishwasher that’s their own f***ing problem.
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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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The older the grapes, sweeter the wine.
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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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If I hold back, I’m no good. I’m no good. I’d rather be good sometimes, than holding back all the time.
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I’d rather not sing than sing quiet.
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