That’s what I’m trying to do mostly in the whole world, is not bullshit myself and not bullshit anybody else.
JANIS JOPLINYou can’t stay in your home town and play because the two people will get tired of seeing you.
More Janis Joplin Quotes
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Texas is OK if you want to settle down and do your own thing quietly, but it’s not for outrageous people, and I was always outrageous.
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I read, I painted, I didn’t hate niggers.
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People, whether they know it or not, like their blues singers miserable. They like their blues singers to die afterwards.
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I’m tired of all these hippie jack-offs
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Don’t compromise your self, you’re all you got.
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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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You can destroy your now by worrying about tomorrow.
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I won’t quit to become someone’s old lady.
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Oh Lord, won’t you buy me a Mercedes Benz.
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Hippies believe the world could be a better place. Beatniks believe things aren’t going to get better and say the hell with it, stay stoned and have a good time.
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I’m not really thinking much… Just sort of, trying to feel.
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To be true to myself, to be the person that was on the inside of me, and not play games.
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You can’t stay in your home town and play because the two people will get tired of seeing you.
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Maybe my audiences can enjoy my music more if they think I’m destroying myself.
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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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