All Janis Joplin Quotes
- I just want to feel as much as I can, it's what soul is all about. All
- I can't talk about my singing; I'm inside it. How can you describe something you're inside of? Describe
- People, whether they know it or not, like their blues singers miserable. They like their blues singers to die afterwards. Afterwards
- If you can get them once, man, get them standing up when they should be sitting down, sweaty when they should be decorous, smile when… All
- All my life I just wanted to be a beatnik. Meet all the heavies, get stoned, get laid, have a good time. That's all I… All
- I read a story about some old opera singer once, and when a guy asked her to marry him, she took him backstage after she… All
- I gotta go on doin' it the way I see it...I got no choice but to take it like I see it. I'm here to… Bits
- I want a bigger band with higher highs, a bigger ladder. And I want more bottom - I want an incredible amount of bottom. I… Amount
- I started out to be a person on the street, just like everybody else. I didn't start out to be a singer. But I got… Everybody
- 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… Always Really
- 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… Anybody
- It's hard to be free but when it works, it's worth it! Free
- Honey, if you've had your eye on a piece of talent and that chick down the road has been getting all the action, then you… Action
- This whole thing that's happened to me, you see, this whole success thing..it hasn't yet really compromised the position that I took a long time… Ago
- It used to make me unhappy, all that feeling. I just didn't know what to do with it. But now I've learned how to make… All
- What we've had to do is learn to control success, put it in perspective, and not lose the essence of what we're doing - the… Control
- Singing, it's like it's like loving somebody, it's a supreme emotional and physical experience. Emotional
- When everything is together - the band, me, the audience, it's boss! It's just like magic. Audience
- Wait a minute, maybe I can do anything. Inspirational
- I think I think too much. That's why I drink! Drink
- Don't go looking for Mr. Right. Look for Mr. Right Now. Finding Love
- If you've got a today, don't wear it tomorrow. Tomorrow never happens. It's all the same day. All
- Freedom is just another word for when you have NOTHING left to lose. Another Word
- You are what you settle for. You are only as much as you settle for. Funny
- The more you live, the less you die. Die