You better not compromise yourself, it’s all you’ve got.
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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You can’t stay in your home town and play because the two people will get tired of seeing you.
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This whole thing that’s happened to me, you see, this whole success thing..it hasn’t yet really compromised the position that I took a long time ago in Texas
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You can destroy your now by worrying about tomorrow.
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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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I started singing rhythmically, and now I’m learning from Otis Redding to push a song instead of just sliding over it
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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 gotta go on doin’ it the way I see it…I got no choice but to take it like I see it. I’m here to have a party while I’m on this earth..
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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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It’s that point two people can get to they call love, when you really touch someone for the first time, but it’s gigantic, multiplied by the whole audience. I feel chills.
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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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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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Singing, it’s like it’s like loving somebody, it’s a supreme emotional and physical experience.
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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.
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Gimme a pigfoot and a bottle of beer.
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I don’t know, I just want to feel as much as I can, it’s what ‘soul’ is all about.
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