I just want to feel as much as I can, it’s what soul is all about.
JANIS JOPLINSinging, it’s like it’s like loving somebody, it’s a supreme emotional and physical experience.
More Janis Joplin Quotes
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I read a story about some old opera singer once, and when a guy asked her to marry him, she took him backstage after she had sung a real triumph, with all the people calling for her, asked, ‘Do you think you could give me that?’
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It’s not what isn’t, it’s what you wish was that makes unhappiness.
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When everything is together – the band, me, the audience, it’s boss! It’s just like magic.
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If you can get them once, man, get them standing up when they should be sitting down, sweaty when they should be decorous, smile when they should be applauding politely-
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You can feel all things at once, so why not wear all things at once?
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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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You have to sing loud and move wild with all that in back of you. Now, I don’t know how to perform any other way.
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You are what you settle for.
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To be true to myself, to be the person that was on the inside of me, and not play games.
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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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The older the grapes, sweeter the wine.
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You can’t stay in your home town and play because the two people will get tired of seeing you.
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You can destroy your now by worrying about tomorrow.
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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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I think I think too much. That’s why I drink!
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