This whole thing that’s happened to me, you see, this whole success thing..it hasn’t yet really compromised the position that I took a long time ago in Texas
JANIS JOPLINWhen you hold somebody, you gotta hold them like it’s the last minute of your life.
More Janis Joplin Quotes
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They threw these musicians at me, man, and the sound was coming from behind. The bass was charging me.
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I think I think too much. That’s why I drink!
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I’m not really thinking much… Just sort of, trying to feel.
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You can destroy your now by worrying about tomorrow.
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It used to make me unhappy, all that feeling. I just didn’t know what to do with it. But now I’ve learned how to make feeling work for me…
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Wait a minute, maybe I can do anything.
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In my insides, it really hurts if someone doesn’t like me. It’s silly.
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Maybe they’ll have a second thought – that they can be themselves and win.
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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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.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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Hippies believe the world could be a better place. Beatniks believe things aren’t going to get better and say the hell with it, stay stoned and have a good time.
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Don’t compromise yourself. You are all you’ve got.
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The older the grapes, sweeter the wine.
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You better not compromise yourself, it’s all you’ve got.
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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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