Don’t compromise yourself. You are all you’ve got.
JANIS JOPLINMan, there ain’t gonna be nothing left for Janis.
More Janis Joplin Quotes
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I would trade all my tomorrow’s for one single yesterday.
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I read a story about some old opera singer once, and when a guy asked her to marry him, she took him backstage after she had sung a real triumph, with all the people calling for her, asked, ‘Do you think you could give me that?’
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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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And I decided then and there that that was it. I never wanted to do anything else. It was better than it had been with any man, you know. Maybe that’s the trouble.
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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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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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That was to be true to myself, to be the person that I…that was on 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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I’d rather not sing than sing quiet.
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I can’t talk about my singing; I’m inside it. How can you describe something you’re inside of?
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Don’t go looking for Mr. Right. Look for Mr. Right Now.
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I won’t quit to become someone’s old lady.
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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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Oh, Lord, won’t you buy me a Mercedes Benz – My friends all drive Porsches, I must make amends.
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If I hold back, I’m no good. I’m no good. I’d rather be good sometimes, than holding back all the time.
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