Janis Joplin
Singer
1943-01-19 – 1970-10-04
American singer and songwriter known for her powerful vocals and role in late-1960s rock. She became a defining performer of the psychedelic rock era.
Quotes by Janis Joplin
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You are what you settle for. You are only as much as you settle for
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You are what you settle for. You are only as much as you settle for
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On stage, I make love to 25,000 different people, then I go home alone.
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On stage I make love to twenty five thousand people and then I go home alone.
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Billie Holiday, Aretha Franklin. Now, they are so subtle, they can milk you with two notes. They can make you feel like they told you the whole universe. But I don't know that yet. All I got now is strength. Maybe if I keep singing, maybe I'll get it.
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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.
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On stage I make love to twenty five thousand people; and then I go home alone.
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I'm one of those regular weird people.
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Don't compromise yourself. You are all you've got.
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On stage I make love to twenty-five thousand people; then I go home alone.
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