I started singing rhythmically, and now I’m learning from Otis Redding to push a song instead of just sliding over it
JANIS JOPLINMy father wouldn’t get us a TV, he wouldn’t allow a TV in the house.
More Janis Joplin Quotes
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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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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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Maybe my audiences can enjoy my music more if they think I’m destroying myself.
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Don’t go looking for Mr. Right. Look for Mr. Right Now.
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Don’t compromise yourself. You are all you’ve got.
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You can’t stay in your home town and play because the two people will get tired of seeing you.
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I’m one of those regular weird people.
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Don’t you know that you’re nothing more than a one night stand?
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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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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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Oh, Lord, won’t you buy me a Mercedes Benz – My friends all drive Porsches, I must make amends.
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In my insides, it really hurts if someone doesn’t like me. It’s silly.
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It used to make me unhappy, all that feeling. I just didn’t know what to do with it. But now I’ve learned how to make feeling work for me…
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You know why we’re stuck with the myth that only black people have soul? Because white people don’t let themselves feel things.
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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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