To be true to myself, to be the person that was on the inside of me, and not play games.
JANIS JOPLINDon’t compromise your self, you’re all you got.
More Janis Joplin Quotes
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And I decided then and there that that was it. I never wanted to do anything else. It was better than it had been with any man, you know. Maybe that’s the trouble.
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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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At least we know we tend to be afraid. If you object to my plural noun, I’ll retract it.
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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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People, whether they know it or not, like their blues singers miserable. They like their blues singers to die afterwards.
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Guess what, I might be the first hippie pinup girl.
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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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At my concerts most of the chicks are looking for liberation, they think I’m gonna show ’em how to do it.
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All any girl really wants is just love and a man. But what man can put up with a rock-n-roll star?
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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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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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Maybe my audiences can enjoy my music more if they think I’m destroying myself.
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If you can get them once, man, get them standing up when they should be sitting down, sweaty when they should be decorous, smile when they should be applauding politely-
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You know you’ve got it, if it makes you feel good.
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