That was to be true to myself, to be the person that I…that was on inside of me and not play games.
JANIS JOPLINYou can feel all things at once, so why not wear all things at once?
More Janis Joplin Quotes
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Gimme a pigfoot and a bottle of beer.
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Like most girls I’m always really self-conscious about do I look fat, if my legs are short, if I’m weird shaped, but when I go on stage, man, it never occurs to me. I think I look beautiful.
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To be true to myself, to be the person that was on the inside of me, and not play games.
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Freedom is just another word for when you have NOTHING left to lose.
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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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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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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 always wanted to be an artist, whatever that was, like other chicks want to be stewardesses. I read. I painted. I thought.
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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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The consequences, [screw] the implications of the actions, to hell with it all… whatever happens as a result is better than the nothingness that is inevitable with silence.
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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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If you’ve got a today, don’t wear it tomorrow. Tomorrow never happens. It’s all the same day.
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The older the grapes, sweeter the wine.
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You can destroy your now by worrying about tomorrow.
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I had a lot of hurts and confusions. You know, it’s hard when you’re a kid to be different. You’re all full of things, and you don’t know that it’s about.
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