You are what you settle for.
JANIS JOPLINI don’t know, I just want to feel as much as I can, it’s what ‘soul’ is all about.
More Janis Joplin Quotes
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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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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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Being an intellectual creates a lot of questions and no answers.
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I started singing rhythmically, and now I’m learning from Otis Redding to push a song instead of just sliding over it
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What we’ve had to do is learn to control success, put it in perspective, and not lose the essence of what we’re doing – the music.
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I would trade all my tomorrow’s for one single yesterday.
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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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The older the grapes, sweeter the wine.
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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.
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After they see me, when their mothers are feeding them all that cashmere sweater and girdle [expletive deleted by the New York Times]
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I’m not really thinking much… Just sort of, trying to feel.
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Being an intellectual creates a lot of questions and no answers. You can fill your life up with ideas and still go home lonely.
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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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It used to make me unhappy, all that feeling. I just didn’t know what to do with it. But now I’ve learned how to make feeling work for me…
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