That’s what I’m trying to do mostly in the whole world, is not bullshit myself and not bullshit anybody else.
JANIS JOPLINWhen I sing, I feel like when you’re first in love. It’s more than sex.
More Janis Joplin Quotes
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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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You are what you settle for.
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I’m not really thinking much… Just sort of, trying to feel.
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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 always wanted to be an artist, whatever that was, like other chicks want to be stewardesses. I read. I painted. I thought.
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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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Don’t compromise your self, you’re all you got.
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Maybe they’ll have a second thought – that they can be themselves and win.
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Don’t go looking for Mr. Right. Look for Mr. Right Now.
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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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Freedom is just another word for when you have NOTHING left to lose.
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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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As good as you’ve been to this world is as good as it’s gonna be right back to you.
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It’s not what isn’t, it’s what you wish was that makes unhappiness.
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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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