To be true to myself, to be the person that was on the inside of me, and not play games.
JANIS JOPLINI won’t quit to become someone’s old lady.
More Janis Joplin Quotes
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The more you live, the less you die.
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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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It’s hard to be free but when it works, it’s worth it!
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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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At least we know we tend to be afraid. If you object to my plural noun, I’ll retract it.
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If you’ve got a today, don’t wear it tomorrow. Tomorrow never happens. It’s all the same day.
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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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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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After they see me, when their mothers are feeding them all that cashmere sweater and girdle [expletive deleted by the New York Times]
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I love being a star more than life itself.
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You got to get it while you can.
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Don’t you know that you’re nothing more than a one night stand?
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Like, I don’t think I’d go off the road for long now, for life with a guy no matter how good. Yeah, it’s the truth. Scary thing to say though, isn’t it?
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Why should I hold back now and sound mediocre, just so I can sound mediocre twenty years from now?
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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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