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.
JANIS JOPLINAfter they see me, when their mothers are feeding them all that cashmere sweater and girdle [expletive deleted by the New York Times]
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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I’m one of those regular weird people.
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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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It’s not what isn’t, it’s what you wish was that makes unhappiness.
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All my life I just wanted to be a beatnik. Meet all the heavies, get stoned, get laid, have a good time. That’s all I ever wanted.
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You got to get it while you can.
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I love being a star more than life itself.
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Texas is OK if you want to settle down and do your own thing quietly, but it’s not for outrageous people, and I was always outrageous.
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Don’t go looking for Mr. Right. Look for Mr. Right Now.
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You can destroy your now by worrying about tomorrow.
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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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If someone comes along, gonna give you some love and affection, I say get it while you can.
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And I think you sort of switch on their brain, man, so that makes them say: ‘Wait a minute, maybe I can do anything.’ Whoooooo! It’s life.
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I would trade all my tomorrow’s for one single yesterday.
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Maybe my audiences can enjoy my music more if they think I’m destroying myself.
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