I always wanted to be an artist, whatever that was, like other chicks want to be stewardesses. I read. I painted. I thought.
JANIS JOPLINDon’t compromise yourself. You are all you’ve got.
More Janis Joplin Quotes
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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 are what you settle for. You are only as much as you settle for.
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Don’t compromise yourself. You are all you’ve got.
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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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It’s hard to be free but when it works, it’s worth it!
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Being an intellectual creates a lot of questions and no answers. You can fill your life up with ideas and still go home lonely.
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My father wouldn’t get us a TV, he wouldn’t allow a TV in the house.
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If you don’t settle for that and you keep fighting it, you know, you’ll end up anything you want to be.
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Like, I don’t think I’d go off the road for long now, for life with a guy no matter how good. Yeah, it’s the truth. Scary thing to say though, isn’t it?
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The older the grapes, sweeter the wine.
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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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The consequences, [screw] the implications of the actions, to hell with it all… whatever happens as a result is better than the nothingness that is inevitable with silence.
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I love being a star more than life itself.
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I’d rather not sing than sing quiet.
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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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