That’s what I’m trying to do mostly in the whole world, is not bullshit myself and not bullshit anybody else.
JANIS JOPLINGimme a pigfoot and a bottle of beer.
More Janis Joplin Quotes
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Oh Lord, won’t you buy me a Mercedes Benz.
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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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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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Being an intellectual creates a lot of questions and no answers.
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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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They threw these musicians at me, man, and the sound was coming from behind. The bass was charging me.
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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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I love being a star more than life itself.
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Honey, if you’ve had your eye on a piece of talent and that chick down the road has been getting all the action, then you know what you gotta do… Try A Little Bit Harder.
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They asked me, How did you learn to sing the blues like that? How did you learn to sing that heavy? I just opened my mouth and that’s what I sounded like.
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Life is too damn short and [screwed] up to go through it silently loving someone and never telling them how you feel. [Screw]
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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
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Maybe they’ll have a second thought – that they can be themselves and win.
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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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When everything is together – the band, me, the audience, it’s boss! It’s just like magic.
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