When everything is together – the band, me, the audience, it’s boss! It’s just like magic.
JANIS JOPLINI won’t quit to become someone’s old lady.
More Janis Joplin Quotes
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My father wouldn’t get us a TV, he wouldn’t allow a TV in the house.
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Audiences like their blues singers to be miserable.
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You are what you settle for.
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It’s hard to be free but when it works, it’s worth it!
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You better not compromise yourself, it’s all you’ve got.
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Don’t compromise your self, you’re all you got.
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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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Oh Lord, won’t you buy me a Mercedes Benz.
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I got treated very badly in Texas. They don’t treat beatniks too good in Texas. Port Arthur people thought I was a beatnik, though they’d never seen one and neither had I.
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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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Don’t go looking for Mr. Right. Look for Mr. Right Now.
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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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Singing, it’s like it’s like loving somebody, it’s a supreme emotional and physical experience.
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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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You got to get it while you can.
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