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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.
Janis Joplin
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Janis Joplin
Age: 27 †
Born: 1943
Born: January 19
Died: 1970
Died: October 4
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Port Arthur
Texas
Janis Lyn Joplin
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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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If someone comes along, gonna give you some love and affection, I say get it while you can.
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I think I think too much. That's why I drink!
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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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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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Don't compromise your self, you're all you got.
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If I hold back, I'm no good. I'm no good. I'd rather be good sometimes, than holding back all the time.
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I'm tired of all these hippie jack-offs
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I'm not really thinking much... Just sort of, trying to feel.
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