At least we know we tend to be afraid. If you object to my plural noun, I’ll retract it.
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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My business is to enjoy and have fun. And why not, if in the end everything will end, right?
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Like most girls I’m always really self-conscious about do I look fat, if my legs are short, if I’m weird shaped, but when I go on stage, man, it never occurs to me. I think I look beautiful.
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What we’ve had to do is learn to control success, put it in perspective, and not lose the essence of what we’re doing – the music.
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.I’m gettin’ it now, today. I don’t even know where I’m gonna be twenty years from now, so I’m just gonna keep on rockin’, cause if I start saving up bits and pieces of me.
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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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I think I think too much. That’s why I drink!
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That was to be true to myself, to be the person that I…that was on inside of me and not play games.
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I had a lot of hurts and confusions. You know, it’s hard when you’re a kid to be different. You’re all full of things, and you don’t know that it’s about.
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You can feel all things at once, so why not wear all things at once?
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You are what you settle for.
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Oh Lord, won’t you buy me a Mercedes Benz.
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I’m one of those regular weird people.
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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 would trade all my tomorrow’s for one single yesterday.
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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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