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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.

Janis Joplin

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Janis Joplin
Age: 27 †
Born: 1943
Born: January 19
Died: 1970
Died: October 4
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Singer-Songwriter
Port Arthur
Texas
Janis Lyn Joplin
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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 believe the only people who truly experience and test the application of equality are twins.
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Freedom is just another word for when you have NOTHING left to lose.
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You know you've got it, if it makes you feel good.
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Guess what, I might be the first hippie pinup girl.
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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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If someone comes along, gonna give you some love and affection, I say get it while you can.
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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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I think I think too much. That's why I drink!
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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 want a bigger band with higher highs, a bigger ladder. And I want more bottom - I want an incredible amount of bottom. I want more noise. When I do a rock tune I want it to be so HUGE.
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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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Don't compromise your self, you're all you got.
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You can destroy your now by worrying about tomorrow.
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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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Audiences like their blues singers to be miserable.
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In my insides, it really hurts if someone doesn't like me. It's silly.
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You are what you settle for. You are only as much as you settle for.
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