As good as you’ve been to this world is as good as it’s gonna be right back to you.
JANIS JOPLINYou can’t make up something that you don’t feel. I didn’t make it up. I just opened my mouth and it existed.
More Janis Joplin Quotes
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To be true to myself, to be the person that was on the inside of me, and not play games.
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It’s hard to be free but when it works, it’s worth it!
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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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I love being a star more than life itself.
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I would trade all my tomorrow’s for one single yesterday.
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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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Maybe they’ll have a second thought – that they can be themselves and win.
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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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What we’ve had to do is learn to control success, put it in perspective, and not lose the essence of what we’re doing – the music.
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The older the grapes, sweeter the wine.
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If you don’t settle for that and you keep fighting it, you know, you’ll end up anything you want to be.
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At least we know we tend to be afraid. If you object to my plural noun, I’ll retract it.
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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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Being an intellectual creates a lot of questions and no answers.
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I talk to the audience, look into their eyes. I need them and they need me.
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