My business is to enjoy and have fun. And why not, if in the end everything will end, right?
JANIS JOPLINI’d rather have ten years of superhypermost than live to be seventy sitting in some goddamn chair watching TV.
More Janis Joplin Quotes
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You are what you settle for.
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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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It’s hard to be free but when it works, it’s worth it!
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That 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.
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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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You can destroy your now by worrying about tomorrow.
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Singing, it’s like it’s like loving somebody, it’s a supreme emotional and physical experience.
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Distance cannot kill this relationship. Time cannot breakdown anything we have. This is a relationship that I am ready to sacrifice and stand up for.
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Being an intellectual creates a lot of questions and no answers.
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Why should I hold back now and sound mediocre, just so I can sound mediocre twenty years from now?
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I love being a star more than life itself.
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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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After they see me, when their mothers are feeding them all that cashmere sweater and girdle [expletive deleted by the New York Times]
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When I sing, I feel like when you’re first in love. It’s more than sex.
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Don’t compromise your self, you’re all you got.
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