Janis Joplin Quotes

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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Beautiful Conscious Fat Girl Leg Man Most Self Shaped Short
I’m one of those regular weird people.
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Being Weird Kind One People Regular
I 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.
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Arthur Badly Beatniks Good People Port Texas
You can’t make up something that you don’t feel. I didn’t make it up. I just opened my mouth and it existed.
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Existed Feel Good Mouth Open Something
To be true to myself, to be the person that was on the inside of me, and not play games.
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Bullshit Game Myself Person Play Trying
Don’t you know that you’re nothing more than a one night stand?
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Decision Know Night One Rejection Stand Story
My father wouldn’t get us a TV, he wouldn’t allow a TV in the house.
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Amount Bigger Bottom Incredible Ladder More Rock Want
Man, there ain’t gonna be nothing left for Janis.
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Left Man Nothing People Person
You can feel all things at once, so why not wear all things at once?
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Emotion Feel Gigantic Multiple Once Thing Wear
It’s hard to be free but when it works, it’s worth it!
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Free Work Working Hard Worth
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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Breakdown Distance Emotion Feeling Kill Relationship Sacrifice
Maybe my audiences can enjoy my music more if they think I’m destroying myself.
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Audience Destroying Enjoy More Music Thinking
I’d rather not sing than sing quiet.
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Bad Good Passion Peace Quiet Rather Sing Sound
That’s what rock and roll is for, turn that switch on, and man, it can all be.
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All On Rock Roll Switch Turn
I won’t quit to become someone’s old lady.
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Lady Old Quit Quitting Someone
My business is to enjoy and have fun. And why not, if in the end everything will end, right?
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Business End Enjoy Everything Fun Not Why
When you hold somebody, you gotta hold them like it’s the last minute of your life.
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Advice Gotta Hold Last Life Minute Somebody
All you really have that really matters are feelings. That’s what music is to me.” – Janis Joplin
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Feeling Matter Music Playing Really Sound
After they see me, when their mothers are feeding them all that cashmere sweater and girdle [expletive deleted by the New York Times]
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Cashmere Country Feeding Grdle Mother Sweater Winning
When I sing, I feel like when you’re first in love. It’s more than sex.
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Being First Love Music Point Sex Sing
If someone comes along, gonna give you some love and affection, I say get it while you can.
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Affection Attachment Giving Love Philosophy Someone
Maybe they’ll have a second thought – that they can be themselves and win.
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Ideas Second Themselves Thought Win
The more you live, the less you die.
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Death Die Less Life More
I’m not really thinking much… Just sort of, trying to feel.
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Feel Really Sort Think Thinking Trying
Don’t compromise your self, you’re all you got.
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All Compromise Freedom Got Self
You know you’ve got it, if it makes you feel good.
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Feel Good Got Make You
The older the grapes, sweeter the wine.
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Expression Grape Older Sweeter Wine

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