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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
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Life is too damn short and [screwed] up to go through it silently loving someone and never telling them how you feel. [Screw] the consequences, [screw] the implications of the actions, to hell with it all... whatever happens as a result is better than the nothingness that is inevitable with silence.
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Oh Lord, won't you buy me a Mercedes Benz.
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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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Freedom is just another word for when you have NOTHING left to lose.
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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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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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I believe the only people who truly experience and test the application of equality are twins.
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I'm tired of all these hippie jack-offs
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You can feel all things at once, so why not wear all things at once?
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You are what you settle for. You are only as much as you settle for.
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Don't compromise your self, you're all you got.
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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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I love being a star more than life itself.
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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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I had a lot of hurts and confusions. You know, it's hard when you're a kid to be different. You're all full of things, and you don't know that it's about.
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You got to get it while you can.
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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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I won't quit to become someone's old lady.
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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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Oh, Lord, won't you buy me a Mercedes Benz - My friends all drive Porsches, I must make amends.
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