That was to be true to myself, to be the person that I…that was on inside of me and not play games.
JANIS JOPLINIt’s hard to be free but when it works, it’s worth it!
More Janis Joplin Quotes
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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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I just want to feel as much as I can, it’s what soul is all about.
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I started out to be a person on the street, just like everybody else. I didn’t start out to be a singer. But I got sort of swept up in this singing thing, and after I got involved in it it got really important to me if I was good or not.
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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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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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You know you’ve got it, if it makes you feel good.
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Don’t you know that you’re nothing more than a one night stand?
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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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It’s not what isn’t, it’s what you wish was that makes unhappiness.
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.I’m gettin’ it now, today. I don’t even know where I’m gonna be twenty years from now, so I’m just gonna keep on rockin’, cause if I start saving up bits and pieces of me.
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I’d rather not sing than sing quiet.
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I’m just doing what I wanted to and what feels right and not settling for bullshit and it worked. How can they be mad at that?
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I believe the only people who truly experience and test the application of equality are twins.
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In my insides, it really hurts if someone doesn’t like me. It’s silly.
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