Don’t go looking for Mr. Right. Look for Mr. Right Now.
JANIS JOPLINI got treated very badly in Texas. They don’t treat beatniks too good in Texas. Port Arthur people thought I was a beatnik, though they’d never seen one and neither had I.
More Janis Joplin Quotes
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It’s hard to be free but when it works, it’s worth it!
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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.
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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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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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I talk to the audience, look into their eyes. I need them and they need me.
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That’s what rock and roll is for, turn that switch on, and man, it can all be.
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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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Gimme a pigfoot and a bottle of beer.
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Wait a minute, maybe I can do anything.
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Man, there ain’t gonna be nothing left for Janis.
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I think I think too much. That’s why I drink!
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You better not compromise yourself, it’s all you’ve got.
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You know you’ve got it, if it makes you feel good.
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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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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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