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To be true to myself, to be the person that was on the inside of me, and not play games.

Janis Joplin

I would trade all my tomorrow’s for one single yesterday.
JANIS JOPLIN

Mine Single Tomorrow Trade Yesterday
The more you live, the less you die.
JANIS JOPLIN

Death Die Less Life More
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?’
JANIS JOPLIN

Asked Backstage Man Marry Old Opera Real Some Story Thinking Took
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.
JANIS JOPLIN

Call People Point Someone Touch
Hippies believe the world could be a better place. Beatniks believe things aren’t going to get better and say the hell with it, stay stoned and have a good time.
JANIS JOPLIN

Beatnik Believe Better Get Hippie Place
After they see me, when their mothers are feeding them all that cashmere sweater and girdle [expletive deleted by the New York Times]
JANIS JOPLIN

Cashmere Country Feeding Grdle Mother Sweater Winning
You have to sing loud and move wild with all that in back of you. Now, I don’t know how to perform any other way.
JANIS JOPLIN

Back Loud Move Perform Sing Way Wild
I just want to feel as much as I can, it’s what soul is all about.
JANIS JOPLIN

Feel Inspirational Music Much Soul Want
Oh, Lord, won’t you buy me a Mercedes Benz – My friends all drive Porsches, I must make amends.
JANIS JOPLIN

Amend Benz Buy Drive Friend Lord Make Porsche
I think I think too much. That’s why I drink!
JANIS JOPLIN

Drink Thinking Too Much
Guess what, I might be the first hippie pinup girl.
JANIS JOPLIN

First Girl Guess Hippie might Pinup
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.
JANIS JOPLIN

Beautiful Conscious Fat Girl Leg Man Most Self Shaped Short
At least we know we tend to be afraid. If you object to my plural noun, I’ll retract it.
JANIS JOPLIN

Know Least Nouns Object Objects Plural Retract
I won’t quit to become someone’s old lady.
JANIS JOPLIN

Lady Old Quit Quitting Someone
People, whether they know it or not, like their blues singers miserable. They like their blues singers to die afterwards.
JANIS JOPLIN

Afterward Blue Die Like Miserable People Singer
I’m tired of all these hippie jack-offs
JANIS JOPLIN

Hippie Jack Off Tired

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