That was to be true to myself, to be the person that I…that was on inside of me and not play games.
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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It’s hard to be free but when it works, it’s worth it!
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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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If you don’t settle for that and you keep fighting it, you know, you’ll end up anything you want to be.
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Being an intellectual creates a lot of questions and no answers.
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Except I knew I had a good voice and I could always get a couple of beers off of it. All of a sudden someone threw me in this rock ‘n’ roll band.
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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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The older the grapes, sweeter the wine.
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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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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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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 just want to feel as much as I can, it’s what soul is all about.
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It’s that point two people can get to they call love, when you really touch someone for the first time, but it’s gigantic, multiplied by the whole audience. I feel chills.
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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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Don’t go looking for Mr. Right. Look for Mr. Right Now.
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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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