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I won't quit to become someone's old lady.

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
Quitting
Lady
Someone
Become
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You can destroy your now by worrying about tomorrow.
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I just want to feel as much as I can, it's what soul is all about.
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Why should I hold back now and sound mediocre, just so I can sound mediocre twenty years from now?
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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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Oh, Lord, won't you buy me a Mercedes Benz - My friends all drive Porsches, I must make amends.
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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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I'm just doing what I wanted to and what feels right and not settling for bullshit and it worked. How can they be mad at that?
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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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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 you've got a today, don't wear it tomorrow. Tomorrow never happens. It's all the same day.
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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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What we've had to do is learn to control success, put it in perspective, and not lose the essence of what we're doing - the music.
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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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If someone comes along, gonna give you some love and affection, I say get it while you can.
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