If I hold back, I’m no good. I’m no good. I’d rather be good sometimes, than holding back all the time.
JANIS JOPLINIf I hold back, I’m no good. I’m no good. I’d rather be good sometimes, than holding back all the time.
JANIS JOPLINTo be true to myself, to be the person that was on the inside of me, and not play games.
JANIS JOPLINBeing an intellectual creates a lot of questions and no answers. You can fill your life up with ideas and still go home lonely.
JANIS JOPLINOh, Lord, won’t you buy me a Mercedes Benz – My friends all drive Porsches, I must make amends.
JANIS JOPLINMaybe they’ll have a second thought – that they can be themselves and win.
JANIS JOPLINPeople, whether they know it or not, like their blues singers miserable. They like their blues singers to die afterwards.
JANIS JOPLINYou are what you settle for.
JANIS JOPLINIn my insides, it really hurts if someone doesn’t like me. It’s silly.
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 JOPLINAnd I think you sort of switch on their brain, man, so that makes them say: ‘Wait a minute, maybe I can do anything.’ Whoooooo! It’s life.
JANIS JOPLINThe older the grapes, sweeter the wine.
JANIS JOPLINI had a lot of hurts and confusions. You know, it’s hard when you’re a kid to be different. You’re all full of things, and you don’t know that it’s about.
JANIS JOPLINYou can feel all things at once, so why not wear all things at once?
JANIS JOPLINI can’t talk about my singing; I’m inside it. How can you describe something you’re inside of?
JANIS JOPLINOh Lord, won’t you buy me a Mercedes Benz.
JANIS JOPLINLike, I don’t think I’d go off the road for long now, for life with a guy no matter how good. Yeah, it’s the truth. Scary thing to say though, isn’t it?
JANIS JOPLIN