You know why we’re stuck with the myth that only black people have soul? Because white people don’t let themselves feel things.
JANIS JOPLINThe more you live, the less you die.
More Janis Joplin Quotes
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I’d rather not sing than sing quiet.
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You’re only as much as you settle for. If they settle for being somebody’s dishwasher that’s their own f***ing problem.
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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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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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Maybe my audiences can enjoy my music more if they think I’m destroying myself.
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The more you live, the less you die.
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It’s hard to be free but when it works, it’s worth it!
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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?’
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Gimme a pigfoot and a bottle of beer.
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Don’t go looking for Mr. Right. Look for Mr. Right Now.
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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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You can destroy your now by worrying about tomorrow.
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If I hold back, I’m no good. I’m no good. I’d rather be good sometimes, than holding back all the time.
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I read, I painted, I didn’t hate niggers.
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To be true to myself, to be the person that was on the inside of me, and not play games.
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