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I love being a star more than life itself.
Janis Joplin
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Janis Joplin
Age: 27 †
Born: 1943
Born: January 19
Died: 1970
Died: October 4
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Janis Lyn Joplin
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Gimme a pigfoot and a bottle of beer.
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It's hard to be free but when it works, it's worth it!
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You know you've got it, if it makes you feel good.
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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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Freedom is just another word for when you have NOTHING left to lose.
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Guess what, I might be the first hippie pinup girl.
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Like most girls I'm always really self-conscious about do I look fat, if my legs are short, if I'm weird shaped, but when I go on stage, man, it never occurs to me. I think I look beautiful.
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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 got to get it while you can.
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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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You can destroy your now by worrying about tomorrow.
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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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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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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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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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In my insides, it really hurts if someone doesn't like me. It's silly.
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Don't go looking for Mr. Right. Look for Mr. Right Now.
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I'm not really thinking much... Just sort of, trying to feel.
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I won't quit to become someone's old lady.
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