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.
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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I read, I painted, I didn’t hate niggers.
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I started singing rhythmically, and now I’m learning from Otis Redding to push a song instead of just sliding over it
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You know you’ve got it, if it makes you feel good.
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Honey, if you’ve had your eye on a piece of talent and that chick down the road has been getting all the action, then you know what you gotta do… Try A Little Bit Harder.
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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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In my insides, it really hurts if someone doesn’t like me. It’s silly.
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I don’t know, I just want to feel as much as I can, it’s what ‘soul’ is all about.
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I believe the only people who truly experience and test the application of equality are twins.
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All you really have that really matters are feelings. That’s what music is to me.” – Janis Joplin
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That was to be true to myself, to be the person that I…that was on inside of me and not play games.
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Being an intellectual creates a lot of questions and no answers.
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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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You can feel all things at once, so why not wear all things at once?
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If you can get them once, man, get them standing up when they should be sitting down, sweaty when they should be decorous, smile when they should be applauding politely-
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You got to get it while you can.
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