This whole thing that’s happened to me, you see, this whole success thing..it hasn’t yet really compromised the position that I took a long time ago in Texas
JANIS JOPLINGuess what, I might be the first hippie pinup girl.
More Janis Joplin Quotes
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I think I think too much. That’s why I drink!
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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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They threw these musicians at me, man, and the sound was coming from behind. The bass was charging me.
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It’s hard to be free but when it works, it’s worth it!
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I gotta go on doin’ it the way I see it…I got no choice but to take it like I see it. I’m here to have a party while I’m on this earth..
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You know why we’re stuck with the myth that only black people have soul? Because white people don’t let themselves feel things.
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If I hold back, I’m no good. I’m no good. I’d rather be good sometimes, than holding back all the time.
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I’m tired of all these hippie jack-offs
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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.
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I’d rather not sing than sing quiet.
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Guess what, I might be the first hippie pinup girl.
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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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You can’t make up something that you don’t feel. I didn’t make it up. I just opened my mouth and it existed.
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I’m not really thinking much… Just sort of, trying to feel.
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I won’t quit to become someone’s old lady.
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