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“Life is too damn short and [screwed] up to go through it silently loving someone and never telling them how you feel. [Screw] the consequences, [screw] the implications of the actions, to hell with it all... whatever happens as a result is better than the nothingness that is inevitable with silence.”

Quote by Janis Joplin

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Janis Joplin
Janis Joplin

Janis Joplin was an influential American rock singer, known as one of the representatives of rock music in the 1970s. She had a unique musical style and a powerful, sandpaper-throated voice that had a profound impact on musicians of later generations. more

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