At least we know we tend to be afraid. If you object to my plural noun, I’ll retract it.
JANIS JOPLINYou 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.
More Janis Joplin Quotes
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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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I had a lot of hurts and confusions. You know, it’s hard when you’re a kid to be different. You’re all full of things, and you don’t know that it’s about.
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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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They threw these musicians at me, man, and the sound was coming from behind. The bass was charging me.
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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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As good as you’ve been to this world is as good as it’s gonna be right back to you.
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Like most girls I’m always really self-conscious about do I look fat, if my legs are short, if I’m weird shaped, but when I go on stage, man, it never occurs to me. I think I look beautiful.
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At my concerts most of the chicks are looking for liberation, they think I’m gonna show ’em how to do it.
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Man, there ain’t gonna be nothing left for Janis.
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In my insides, it really hurts if someone doesn’t like me. It’s silly.
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I love being a star more than life itself.
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I’m tired of all these hippie jack-offs
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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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I just want to feel as much as I can, it’s what soul is all about.
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The more you live, the less you die.
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