When I sing, I feel like when you’re first in love. It’s more than sex.
JANIS JOPLINThat’s what rock and roll is for, turn that switch on, and man, it can all be.
More Janis Joplin Quotes
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Don’t you know that you’re nothing more than a one night stand?
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Texas is OK if you want to settle down and do your own thing quietly, but it’s not for outrageous people, and I was always outrageous.
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You can feel all things at once, so why not wear all things at once?
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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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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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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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You better not compromise yourself, it’s all you’ve got.
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You got to get it while you can.
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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 are what you settle for.
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Man, there ain’t gonna be nothing left for Janis.
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I’m tired of all these hippie jack-offs
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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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Distance cannot kill this relationship. Time cannot breakdown anything we have. This is a relationship that I am ready to sacrifice and stand up for.
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