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I'm one of those regular weird people.

Janis Joplin

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Janis Joplin
Age: 27 †
Born: 1943
Born: January 19
Died: 1970
Died: October 4
Composer
Guitarist
Musician
Recording Artist
Singer
Singer-Songwriter
Port Arthur
Texas
Janis Lyn Joplin
Pearl
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You know you've got it, if it makes you feel good.
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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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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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You can feel all things at once, so why not wear all things at once?
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To be true to myself, to be the person that was on the inside of me, and not play games. That's what I'm trying to do mostly in the whole world, is not bullshit myself and not bullshit anybody else.
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Don't compromise your self, you're all you got.
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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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It's hard to be free but when it works, it's worth it!
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Oh, Lord, won't you buy me a Mercedes Benz - My friends all drive Porsches, I must make amends.
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You can destroy your now by worrying about tomorrow.
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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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Gimme a pigfoot and a bottle of beer.
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Oh Lord, won't you buy me a Mercedes Benz.
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In my insides, it really hurts if someone doesn't like me. It's silly.
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At least we know we tend to be afraid. If you object to my plural noun, I'll retract it.
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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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I won't quit to become someone's old lady.
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You are what you settle for. You are only as much as you settle for.
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As good as you've been to this world is as good as it's gonna be right back to you.
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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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