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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.
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
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Singer-Songwriter
Port Arthur
Texas
Janis Lyn Joplin
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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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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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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 can't talk about my singing I'm inside it. How can you describe something you're inside of?
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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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If someone comes along, gonna give you some love and affection, I say get it while you can.
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You can destroy your now by worrying about tomorrow.
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I talk to the audience, look into their eyes. I need them and they need me.
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Oh Lord, won't you buy me a Mercedes Benz.
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Don't go looking for Mr. Right. Look for Mr. Right Now.
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I think I think too much. That's why I drink!
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You know you've got it, if it makes you feel good.
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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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You got to get it while you can.
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