That’s what I’m trying to do mostly in the whole world, is not bullshit myself and not bullshit anybody else.
JANIS JOPLINThey threw these musicians at me, man, and the sound was coming from behind. The bass was charging me.
More Janis Joplin Quotes
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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 are what you settle for. You are only as much as you settle for.
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You are what you settle for.
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And I decided then and there that that was it. I never wanted to do anything else. It was better than it had been with any man, you know. Maybe that’s the trouble.
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You can destroy your now by worrying about tomorrow.
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I got treated very badly in Texas. They don’t treat beatniks too good in Texas. Port Arthur people thought I was a beatnik, though they’d never seen one and neither had I.
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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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I can’t talk about my singing; I’m inside it. How can you describe something you’re inside of?
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Don’t compromise your self, you’re all you got.
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That was to be true to myself, to be the person that I…that was on inside of me and not play games.
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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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Oh, Lord, won’t you buy me a Mercedes Benz – My friends all drive Porsches, I must make amends.
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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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Don’t you know that you’re nothing more than a one night stand?
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I’d rather not sing than sing quiet.
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