I’d rather not sing than sing quiet.
JANIS JOPLIN
All 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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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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I think I think too much. That’s why I drink!
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![Janis Joplin Quote - The consequences, [screw] the implications of the actions, to hell with it all… whatever happens as a result is better than the nothingness that is inevitable with silence.](https://minimalistquotes.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/11/the-consequences-screw-the-implications-of-the-act.jpg)
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I started singing rhythmically, and now I’m learning from Otis Redding to push a song instead of just sliding over it
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Don’t go looking for Mr. Right. Look for Mr. Right Now.
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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 don’t know, I just want to feel as much as I can, it’s what ‘soul’ is all about.
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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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Maybe my audiences can enjoy my music more if they think I’m destroying myself.
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