Don’t you know that you’re nothing more than a one night stand?
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.
More Janis Joplin Quotes
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It’s that point two people can get to they call love, when you really touch someone for the first time, but it’s gigantic, multiplied by the whole audience. I feel chills.
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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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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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You know why we’re stuck with the myth that only black people have soul? Because white people don’t let themselves feel things.
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The older the grapes, sweeter the wine.
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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 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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I can’t talk about my singing; I’m inside it. How can you describe something you’re inside of?
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You are what you settle for.
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Being an intellectual creates a lot of questions and no answers.
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It’s hard to be free but when it works, it’s worth it!
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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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That’s what rock and roll is for, turn that switch on, and man, it can all be.
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You’re only as much as you settle for. If they settle for being somebody’s dishwasher that’s their own f***ing problem.
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You can destroy your now by worrying about tomorrow.
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