I started out to be a person on the street, just like everybody else. I didn’t start out to be a singer. But I got sort of swept up in this singing thing, and after I got involved in it it got really important to me if I was good or not.
JANIS JOPLINAll you really have that really matters are feelings. That’s what music is to me.” – Janis Joplin
More Janis Joplin Quotes
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When you hold somebody, you gotta hold them like it’s the last minute of your life.
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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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Oh, Lord, won’t you buy me a Mercedes Benz – My friends all drive Porsches, I must make amends.
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On stage I make love to twenty five thousand people; and then I go home alone.
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Oh Lord, won’t you buy me a Mercedes Benz.
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It’s hard to be free but when it works, it’s worth it!
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In my insides, it really hurts if someone doesn’t like me. It’s silly.
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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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At least we know we tend to be afraid. If you object to my plural noun, I’ll retract it.
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You can destroy your now by worrying about tomorrow.
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Don’t compromise your self, you’re all you got.
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That’s what rock and roll is for, turn that switch on, and man, it can all be.
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You can’t make up something that you don’t feel. I didn’t make it up. I just opened my mouth and it existed.
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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-
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I read, I painted, I didn’t hate niggers.
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