That’s what rock and roll is for, turn that switch on, and man, it can all be.
JANIS JOPLINThat’s what rock and roll is for, turn that switch on, and man, it can all be.
JANIS JOPLINYou can feel all things at once, so why not wear all things at once?
JANIS JOPLINDon’t you know that you’re nothing more than a one night stand?
JANIS JOPLINI can’t talk about my singing; I’m inside it. How can you describe something you’re inside of?
JANIS JOPLIN.I’m gettin’ it now, today. I don’t even know where I’m gonna be twenty years from now, so I’m just gonna keep on rockin’, cause if I start saving up bits and pieces of me.
JANIS JOPLINLike 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 on stage, man, it never occurs to me. I think I look beautiful.
JANIS JOPLINMaybe they’ll have a second thought – that they can be themselves and win.
JANIS JOPLINMy father wouldn’t get us a TV, he wouldn’t allow a TV in the house.
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 JOPLINDon’t go looking for Mr. Right. Look for Mr. Right Now.
JANIS JOPLINAfter they see me, when their mothers are feeding them all that cashmere sweater and girdle [expletive deleted by the New York Times]
JANIS JOPLINOn stage I make love to twenty five thousand people; and then I go home alone.
JANIS JOPLINI believe the only people who truly experience and test the application of equality are twins.
JANIS JOPLINThey threw these musicians at me, man, and the sound was coming from behind. The bass was charging me.
JANIS JOPLINIt’s hard to be free but when it works, it’s worth it!
JANIS JOPLINDon’t compromise your self, you’re all you got.
JANIS JOPLIN