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Janis Joplin Inspirational Quotes (52)

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It's hard to be free but when it works, it's worth it!
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I want a bigger band with higher highs, a bigger ladder. And I want more bottom - I want an incredible amount of bottom. I want more noise. When I do a rock tune I want it to be so HUGE.
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I always wanted to be an artist, whatever that was, like other chicks want to be stewardesses. I read. I painted. I thought.
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If you've got a today, don't wear it tomorrow. Tomorrow never happens. It's all the same day.
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They asked me, How did you learn to sing the blues like that? How did you learn to sing that heavy? I just opened my mouth and that's what I sounded like. 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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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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You are what you settle for. You are only as much as you settle for.
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Guess what, I might be the first hippie pinup girl.
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You know you've got it, if it makes you feel good.
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I won't quit to become someone's old lady.
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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 think I think too much. That's why I drink!
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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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If someone comes along, gonna give you some love and affection, I say get it while you can.
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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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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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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't stay in your home town and play because the two people will get tired of seeing you.
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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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When everything is together - the band, me, the audience, it's boss! It's just like magic.
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I love being a star more than life itself.
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All any girl really wants is just love and a man. But what man can put up with a rock-n-roll star?
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