It’s hard to be free but when it works, it’s worth it!
JANIS JOPLIN
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You know you’ve got it, if it makes you feel good.
Janis JoplinJanis Joplin Don’t compromise your self, you’re all you got.
Janis JoplinJanis Joplin The older the grapes, sweeter the wine.
Janis JoplinJanis Joplin Don’t compromise yourself. You are all you’ve got.
Janis JoplinJanis Joplin That was to be true to myself, to be the person that I…that was on inside of me and not play games.
Janis JoplinJanis Joplin Wait a minute, maybe I can do anything.
Janis JoplinJanis Joplin If you’ve got a today, don’t wear it tomorrow. Tomorrow never happens. It’s all the same day.
Janis JoplinJanis Joplin 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.
Janis JoplinJanis Joplin 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-
Janis JoplinJanis Joplin You can destroy your now by worrying about tomorrow.
Janis JoplinJanis Joplin 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.
Janis JoplinJanis Joplin 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.
Janis JoplinJanis Joplin 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?
Janis JoplinJanis Joplin I believe the only people who truly experience and test the application of equality are twins.
Janis JoplinJanis Joplin 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.
Janis JoplinJanis Joplin You better not compromise yourself, it’s all you’ve got.
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