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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?

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
Feels
Bullshit
Settling
Mad
Worked
Wanted
Right

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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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Gimme a pigfoot and a bottle of beer.
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