And I think you sort of switch on their brain, man, so that makes them say: ‘Wait a minute, maybe I can do anything.’ Whoooooo! It’s life.
JANIS JOPLINTo be true to myself, to be the person that was on the inside of me, and not play games.
More Janis Joplin Quotes
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I won’t quit to become someone’s old lady.
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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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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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When everything is together – the band, me, the audience, it’s boss! It’s just like magic.
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People, whether they know it or not, like their blues singers miserable. They like their blues singers to die afterwards.
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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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I love being a star more than life itself.
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Audiences like their blues singers to be miserable.
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They asked me, How did you learn to sing the blues like that? How did you learn to sing that heavy? I just opened my mouth and that’s what I sounded like.
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That story hit me right, man. I know no guy ever made me feel as good as an audience. I’m really far into this now, really committed.
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It’s hard to be free but when it works, it’s worth it!
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Wait a minute, maybe I can do anything.
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Don’t compromise yourself. You are all you’ve got.
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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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Maybe they’ll have a second thought – that they can be themselves and win.
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