“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 have a party while I’m on this earth..”

That’s what rock and roll is for, turn that switch on, and man, it can all be.

I won’t quit to become someone’s old lady.

When you hold somebody, you gotta hold them like it’s the last minute of your life.

My business is to enjoy and have fun. And why not, if in the end everything will end, right?

All you really have that really matters are feelings. That’s what music is to me.” – Janis Joplin

When I sing, I feel like when you’re first in love. It’s more than sex.

After they see me, when their mothers are feeding them all that cashmere sweater and girdle [expletive deleted by the New York Times]

If someone comes along, gonna give you some love and affection, I say get it while you can.

Maybe they’ll have a second thought – that they can be themselves and win.

I’m not really thinking much… Just sort of, trying to feel.

The more you live, the less you die.

You know you’ve got it, if it makes you feel good.

Don’t compromise your self, you’re all you got.

The older the grapes, sweeter the wine.

Don’t compromise yourself. You are all you’ve got.

That was to be true to myself, to be the person that I…that was on inside of me and not play games.

You gotta be really careful what you bite off. Don’t bite off more than you can chew. It’s a dangerous world.

You gotta keep the ball off the fat part of the bat.

You gotta watch out for the moms.

You gotta lose ’em some of the time. When you do, lose ’em right.

You gotta learn that if you don’t get it by midnight, chances are you ain’t gonna get it, and if you do, it ain’t worth it.

You gotta have a pocket square, I think.

To be the man, you gotta beat the man!

I gotta keep busy. I’m not happy unless I’m working on two, three things.