I can’t talk about my singing; I’m inside it. How can you describe something you’re inside of?
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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I read, I painted, I didn’t hate niggers.
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You can feel all things at once, so why not wear all things at once?
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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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Oh Lord, won’t you buy me a Mercedes Benz.
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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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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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All my life I just wanted to be a beatnik. Meet all the heavies, get stoned, get laid, have a good time. That’s all I ever wanted.
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On stage I make love to twenty five thousand people; and then I go home alone.
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I think I think too much. That’s why I drink!
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That’s what I’m trying to do mostly in the whole world, is not bullshit myself and not bullshit anybody else.
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I’m just doing what I wanted to and what feels right and not settling for bullshit and it worked. How can they be mad at that?
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Like 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.
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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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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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Maybe my audiences can enjoy my music more if they think I’m destroying myself.
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