That’s what I’m trying to do mostly in the whole world, is not bullshit myself and not bullshit anybody else.
JANIS JOPLINThat’s what I’m trying to do mostly in the whole world, is not bullshit myself and not bullshit anybody else.
JANIS JOPLINI read, I painted, I didn’t hate niggers.
JANIS JOPLINMan, there ain’t gonna be nothing left for Janis.
JANIS JOPLINI 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.
JANIS JOPLINAll you really have that really matters are feelings. That’s what music is to me.” – Janis Joplin
JANIS JOPLINLike 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.
JANIS JOPLINTo be true to myself, to be the person that was on the inside of me, and not play games.
JANIS JOPLINIf I hold back, I’m no good. I’m no good. I’d rather be good sometimes, than holding back all the time.
JANIS JOPLINAs good as you’ve been to this world is as good as it’s gonna be right back to you.
JANIS JOPLINI think I think too much. That’s why I drink!
JANIS JOPLINIt’s hard to be free but when it works, it’s worth it!
JANIS JOPLINYou are what you settle for.
JANIS JOPLINLife is too damn short and [screwed] up to go through it silently loving someone and never telling them how you feel. [Screw]
JANIS JOPLINI’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?
JANIS JOPLINYou can’t stay in your home town and play because the two people will get tired of seeing you.
JANIS JOPLINBeing an intellectual creates a lot of questions and no answers.
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