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.
JANIS JOPLINExcept 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.
More Janis Joplin Quotes
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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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You got to get it while you can.
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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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The more you live, the less you die.
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I started out to be a person on the street, just like everybody else. I didn’t start out to be a singer. But I got sort of swept up in this singing thing, and after I got involved in it it got really important to me if I was good or not.
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Being an intellectual creates a lot of questions and no answers. You can fill your life up with ideas and still go home lonely.
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I would trade all my tomorrow’s for one single yesterday.
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Don’t go looking for Mr. Right. Look for Mr. Right Now.
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It’s hard to be free but when it works, it’s worth it!
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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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Don’t you know that you’re nothing more than a one night stand?
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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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On stage I make love to twenty five thousand people; and then I go home alone.
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I’m tired of all these hippie jack-offs
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I talk to the audience, look into their eyes. I need them and they need me.
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