If you can get them once, man, get them standing up when they should be sitting down, sweaty when they should be decorous, smile when they should be applauding politely-
JANIS JOPLINIf you can get them once, man, get them standing up when they should be sitting down, sweaty when they should be decorous, smile when they should be applauding politely-
JANIS JOPLINI can’t talk about my singing; I’m inside it. How can you describe something you’re inside of?
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 JOPLINSinging, it’s like it’s like loving somebody, it’s a supreme emotional and physical experience.
JANIS JOPLINThey threw these musicians at me, man, and the sound was coming from behind. The bass was charging me.
JANIS JOPLINIt’s that point two people can get to they call love, when you really touch someone for the first time, but it’s gigantic, multiplied by the whole audience. I feel chills.
JANIS JOPLINMaybe they’ll have a second thought – that they can be themselves and win.
JANIS JOPLINFreedom is just another word for when you have NOTHING left to lose.
JANIS JOPLINI’m one of those regular weird people.
JANIS JOPLINIf someone comes along, gonna give you some love and affection, I say get it while you can.
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 JOPLINI think I think too much. That’s why I drink!
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 JOPLINExcept I knew I had a good voice and I could always get a couple of beers off of it. All of a sudden someone threw me in this rock ‘n’ roll band.
JANIS JOPLINYou’re only as much as you settle for. If they settle for being somebody’s dishwasher that’s their own f***ing problem.
JANIS JOPLINOh Lord, won’t you buy me a Mercedes Benz.
JANIS JOPLIN