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Being an intellectual creates a lot of questions and no answers.

Janis Joplin

The consequences, [screw] the implications of the actions, to hell with it all… whatever happens as a result is better than the nothingness that is inevitable with silence.
JANIS JOPLIN

Action Consequence Happen Implication Result Screw
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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Beatnik Believe Better Get Hippie Place
I’d rather not sing than sing quiet.
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Bad Good Passion Peace Quiet Rather Sing Sound
I read, I painted, I didn’t hate niggers.
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Hate Nigger Painted Read
It’s hard to be free but when it works, it’s worth it!
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Free Work Working Hard Worth
I would trade all my tomorrow’s for one single yesterday.
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Mine Single Tomorrow Trade Yesterday
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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Beautiful Conscious Fat Girl Leg Man Most Self Shaped Short
Except I knew I had a good voice and I could always get a couple of beers off of it. All of a sudden someone threw me in this rock ‘n’ roll band.
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Always Beer Couple Except Somewhere Sudden Voice
In my insides, it really hurts if someone doesn’t like me. It’s silly.
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Feeling Hurt Inside Like Really Silly Story
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.
JANIS JOPLIN

Control Essence Learn Lose Perspective Succes
I started out to be a person on the street, just like everybody else. I didn’t start out to be a singer. But I got sort of swept up in this singing thing, and after I got involved in it it got really important to me if I was good or not.
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Everywhere Important Out Person Singer Singing Sort Started Street
.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.
JANIS JOPLIN

Getting Gonna Keep Now Today Twenty Year
If someone comes along, gonna give you some love and affection, I say get it while you can.
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Affection Attachment Giving Love Philosophy Someone
They threw these musicians at me, man, and the sound was coming from behind. The bass was charging me.
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Behind Charging Coming Man Musician Sound Threw
You are what you settle for.
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Dream Hope Makeover Settle Settling Wish
That’s what rock and roll is for, turn that switch on, and man, it can all be.
JANIS JOPLIN

All On Rock Roll Switch Turn

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