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.
JANIS JOPLINThat 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.
More Janis Joplin Quotes
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I can’t talk about my singing; I’m inside it. How can you describe something you’re inside of?
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When you hold somebody, you gotta hold them like it’s the last minute of your life.
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Man, there ain’t gonna be nothing left for Janis.
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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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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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I just want to feel as much as I can, it’s what soul is all about.
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You know you’ve got it, if it makes you feel good.
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I think I think too much. That’s why I drink!
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As good as you’ve been to this world is as good as it’s gonna be right back to you.
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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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I always wanted to be an artist, whatever that was, like other chicks want to be stewardesses. I read. I painted. I thought.
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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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At least we know we tend to be afraid. If you object to my plural noun, I’ll retract it.
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Like, I don’t think I’d go off the road for long now, for life with a guy no matter how good. Yeah, it’s the truth. Scary thing to say though, isn’t it?
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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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