It’s not what isn’t, it’s what you wish was that makes unhappiness.
JANIS JOPLINIt’s not what isn’t, it’s what you wish was that makes unhappiness.
JANIS JOPLINI’d rather have ten years of superhypermost than live to be seventy sitting in some goddamn chair watching TV.
JANIS JOPLINLife is too damn short and [screwed] up to go through it silently loving someone and never telling them how you feel. [Screw]
JANIS JOPLINThe more you live, the less you die.
JANIS JOPLINThat was to be true to myself, to be the person that I…that was on inside of me and not play games.
JANIS JOPLINI’m tired of all these hippie jack-offs
JANIS JOPLINDon’t compromise yourself. You are all you’ve got.
JANIS JOPLINDon’t you know that you’re nothing more than a one night stand?
JANIS JOPLINWait a minute, maybe I can do anything.
JANIS JOPLINTo be true to myself, to be the person that was on the inside of me, and not play games.
JANIS JOPLINAll 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 ever wanted.
JANIS JOPLINThe 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.
JANIS JOPLINAnd I decided then and there that that was it. I never wanted to do anything else. It was better than it had been with any man, you know. Maybe that’s the trouble.
JANIS JOPLINHoney, 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 know what you gotta do… Try A Little Bit Harder.
JANIS JOPLINWhat 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 music.
JANIS JOPLINYou know why we’re stuck with the myth that only black people have soul? Because white people don’t let themselves feel things.
JANIS JOPLIN