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..
JANIS JOPLINDistance cannot kill this relationship. Time cannot breakdown anything we have. This is a relationship that I am ready to sacrifice and stand up for.
More Janis Joplin Quotes
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When you hold somebody, you gotta hold them like it’s the last minute of your life.
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Being an intellectual creates a lot of questions and no answers.
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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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I don’t know what happened. I just exploded. I’d never sung like that before. I used to stand still and sing simple, but you can’t sing like that in front of a rock band.
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I’m one of those regular weird people.
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It’s hard to be free but when it works, it’s worth it!
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When everything is together – the band, me, the audience, it’s boss! It’s just like magic.
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That’s what I’m trying to do mostly in the whole world, is not bullshit myself and not bullshit anybody else.
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Guess what, I might be the first hippie pinup girl.
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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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I’d rather not sing than sing quiet.
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They asked me, How did you learn to sing the blues like that? How did you learn to sing that heavy? I just opened my mouth and that’s what I sounded like.
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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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You know you’ve got it, if it makes you feel good.
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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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