I’d rather have ten years of superhypermost than live to be seventy sitting in some goddamn chair watching TV.
JANIS JOPLINDon’t compromise yourself. You are all you’ve got.
More Janis Joplin Quotes
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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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Life is too damn short and [screwed] up to go through it silently loving someone and never telling them how you feel. [Screw]
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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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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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You can destroy your now by worrying about tomorrow.
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I love being a star more than life itself.
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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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You got to get it while you can.
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Guess what, I might be the first hippie pinup girl.
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It’s hard to be free but when it works, it’s worth it!
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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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I can’t talk about my singing; I’m inside it. How can you describe something you’re inside of?
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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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Maybe they’ll have a second thought – that they can be themselves and win.
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Audiences like their blues singers to be miserable.
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