That’s what rock and roll is for, turn that switch on, and man, it can all be.
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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It’s not what isn’t, it’s what you wish was that makes unhappiness.
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Don’t compromise yourself. You are all you’ve got.
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Why should I hold back now and sound mediocre, just so I can sound mediocre twenty years from now?
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If you can get them once, man, get them standing up when they should be sitting down, sweaty when they should be decorous, smile when they should be applauding politely-
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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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I believe the only people who truly experience and test the application of equality are twins.
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Except I knew I had a good voice and I could always get a couple of beers off of it. All of a sudden someone threw me in this rock ‘n’ roll band.
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You can feel all things at once, so why not wear all things at once?
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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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I won’t quit to become someone’s old lady.
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You’re only as much as you settle for. If they settle for being somebody’s dishwasher that’s their own f***ing problem.
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If someone comes along, gonna give you some love and affection, I say get it while you can.
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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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All any girl really wants is just love and a man. But what man can put up with a rock-n-roll star?
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Don’t go looking for Mr. Right. Look for Mr. Right Now.
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