I’d rather have ten years of superhypermost than live to be seventy sitting in some goddamn chair watching TV.
JANIS JOPLINI’d rather not sing than sing quiet.
More Janis Joplin Quotes
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I gotta go on doin’ it the way I see it…I got no choice but to take it like I see it. I’m here to have a party while I’m on this earth..
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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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Singing, it’s like it’s like loving somebody, it’s a supreme emotional and physical experience.
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And I think you sort of switch on their brain, man, so that makes them say: ‘Wait a minute, maybe I can do anything.’ Whoooooo! It’s life.
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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 can feel all things at once, so why not wear all things at once?
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As good as you’ve been to this world is as good as it’s gonna be right back to you.
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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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That’s what rock and roll is for, turn that switch on, and man, it can all be.
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At my concerts most of the chicks are looking for liberation, they think I’m gonna show ’em how to do it.
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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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My business is to enjoy and have fun. And why not, if in the end everything will end, right?
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I just want to feel as much as I can, it’s what soul is all about.
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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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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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