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People, whether they know it or not, like their blues singers miserable. They like their blues singers to die afterwards.

Janis Joplin

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Janis Joplin
Age: 27 †
Born: 1943
Born: January 19
Died: 1970
Died: October 4
Composer
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Singer-Songwriter
Port Arthur
Texas
Janis Lyn Joplin
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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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It's hard to be free but when it works, it's worth it!
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I don't know what happened. I just exploded. I'd never sung like that before. I used to stand still and sing simple, but you can't sing like that in front of a rock band. You have to sing loud and move wild with all that in back of you. Now, I don't know how to perform any other way.
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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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Gimme a pigfoot and a bottle of beer.
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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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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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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 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 would trade all my tomorrow's for one single yesterday.
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Don't go looking for Mr. Right. Look for Mr. Right Now.
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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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