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-
JANIS JOPLINIf someone comes along, gonna give you some love and affection, I say get it while you can.
More Janis Joplin Quotes
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I got treated very badly in Texas. They don’t treat beatniks too good in Texas. Port Arthur people thought I was a beatnik, though they’d never seen one and neither had I.
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When I sing, I feel like when you’re first in love. It’s more than sex.
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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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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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Honey, if you’ve had your eye on a piece of talent and that chick down the road has been getting all the action, then you know what you gotta do… Try A Little Bit Harder.
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It’s hard to be free but when it works, it’s worth it!
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Life is too damn short and [screwed] up to go through it silently loving someone and never telling them how you feel. [Screw]
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Singing, it’s like it’s like loving somebody, it’s a supreme emotional and physical experience.
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I won’t quit to become someone’s old lady.
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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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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 can’t talk about my singing; I’m inside it. How can you describe something you’re inside of?
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Gimme a pigfoot and a bottle of beer.
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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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