That’s what rock and roll is for, turn that switch on, and man, it can all be.
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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Don’t compromise your self, you’re all you got.
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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 was to be true to myself, to be the person that I…that was on inside of me and not play games.
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The more you live, the less you die.
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Man, there ain’t gonna be nothing left for Janis.
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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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Oh Lord, won’t you buy me a Mercedes Benz.
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I don’t know what happened. I just exploded. I’d never sung like that before. I used to stand still and sing simple, but you can’t sing like that in front of a rock band.
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You got to get it while you can.
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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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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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I would trade all my tomorrow’s for one single yesterday.
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I’d rather not sing than sing quiet.
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You are what you settle for. You are only as much as you settle for.
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Audiences like their blues singers to be miserable.
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