I read a story about some old opera singer once, and when a guy asked her to marry him, she took him backstage after she had sung a real triumph, with all the people calling for her, asked, ‘Do you think you could give me that?’
JANIS JOPLINDon’t compromise yourself. You are all you’ve got.
More Janis Joplin Quotes
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After they see me, when their mothers are feeding them all that cashmere sweater and girdle [expletive deleted by the New York Times]
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It’s hard to be free but when it works, it’s worth it!
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This whole thing that’s happened to me, you see, this whole success thing..it hasn’t yet really compromised the position that I took a long time ago in Texas
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The older the grapes, sweeter the wine.
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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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I just want to feel as much as I can, it’s what soul is all about.
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I read, I painted, I didn’t hate niggers.
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Being an intellectual creates a lot of questions and no answers.
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My business is to enjoy and have fun. And why not, if in the end everything will end, right?
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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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Don’t go looking for Mr. Right. Look for Mr. Right Now.
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All you really have that really matters are feelings. That’s what music is to me.” – Janis Joplin
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I’m one of those regular weird people.
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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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Why should I hold back now and sound mediocre, just so I can sound mediocre twenty years from now?
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