Janis Joplin quotes - page 2

You got to get it while you can. (Janis Joplin)
I can't talk about my singing. I'm inside it. How can you describe something you're inside of? View quote
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Audiences like their blues singers to be miserable. View quote
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Oh Lord, won't you buy me a Mercedes Benz? My friends all drive Porsches, I must make amends. View quote
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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. View quote
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You know why we're stuck with the myth that only black people have soul? Because white people don't let themselves feel things. View quote
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I won't quit to become someone's old lady. View quote
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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. View quote
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My father wouldn't get us a TV, he wouldn't allow a TV in the house. View quote
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To sing blues, you've got to be able to, ... be willing to, feel things. View quote
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Please don'tcha do it to me babe, no! Please don'tcha do it to me baby, Either take this love I offer Or honey let me be. (Janis Joplin)