You know you’ve got it, if it makes you feel good.
JANIS JOPLINThe older the grapes, sweeter the wine.
More Janis Joplin Quotes
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Wait a minute, maybe I can do anything.
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I gotta go on doin’ it the way I see it…I got no choice but to take it like I see it. I’m here to have a party while I’m on this earth..
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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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You got to get it while you can.
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I think I think too much. That’s why I drink!
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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 can’t talk about my singing; I’m inside it. How can you describe something you’re inside of?
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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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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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They asked me, How did you learn to sing the blues like that? How did you learn to sing that heavy? I just opened my mouth and that’s what I sounded like.
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You can feel all things at once, so why not wear all things at once?
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I read, I painted, I didn’t hate niggers.
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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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Audiences like their blues singers to be miserable.
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Maybe they’ll have a second thought – that they can be themselves and win.
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