Why should I hold back now and sound mediocre, just so I can sound mediocre twenty years from now?
JANIS JOPLINWhy should I hold back now and sound mediocre, just so I can sound mediocre twenty years from now?
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 JOPLINThat’s what rock and roll is for, turn that switch on, and man, it can all be.
JANIS JOPLINI’d rather have ten years of superhypermost than live to be seventy sitting in some goddamn chair watching TV.
JANIS JOPLINOn stage I make love to twenty five thousand people; and then I go home alone.
JANIS JOPLINI think I think too much. That’s why I drink!
JANIS JOPLINThey asked me, How did you learn to sing the blues like that? How did you learn to sing that heavy? I just opened my mouth and that’s what I sounded like.
JANIS JOPLINMy business is to enjoy and have fun. And why not, if in the end everything will end, right?
JANIS JOPLINThey threw these musicians at me, man, and the sound was coming from behind. The bass was charging me.
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 JOPLINWhen you hold somebody, you gotta hold them like it’s the last minute of your life.
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 JOPLINDon’t go looking for Mr. Right. Look for Mr. Right Now.
JANIS JOPLINAll any girl really wants is just love and a man. But what man can put up with a rock-n-roll star?
JANIS JOPLINDon’t compromise yourself. You are all you’ve got.
JANIS JOPLINI read, I painted, I didn’t hate niggers.
JANIS JOPLIN