At least we know we tend to be afraid. If you object to my plural noun, I’ll retract it.
JANIS JOPLINLike 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.
More Janis Joplin Quotes
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Oh Lord, won’t you buy me a Mercedes Benz.
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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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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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Why should I hold back now and sound mediocre, just so I can sound mediocre twenty years from now?
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I’m one of those regular weird people.
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You can feel all things at once, so why not wear all things at once?
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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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Freedom is just another word for when you have NOTHING left to lose.
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Maybe they’ll have a second thought – that they can be themselves and win.
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Oh, Lord, won’t you buy me a Mercedes Benz – My friends all drive Porsches, I must make amends.
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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.
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Audiences like their blues singers to be miserable.
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Honey, if you’ve had your eye on a piece of talent and that chick down the road has been getting all the action, then you know what you gotta do… Try A Little Bit Harder.
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You can destroy your now by worrying about tomorrow.
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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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