black
grey
blue
red
brown
white

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

Janis Joplin

That story hit me right, man. I know no guy ever made me feel as good as an audience. I’m really far into this now, really committed.
JANIS JOPLIN

Audience Feel Good Guy Made Man Right Story
When everything is together – the band, me, the audience, it’s boss! It’s just like magic.
JANIS JOPLIN

Audience Band Boss Everything Like Magic Together
At my concerts most of the chicks are looking for liberation, they think I’m gonna show ’em how to do it.
JANIS JOPLIN

Chick Concert Ems Liberation Looking Show Thinking
You are what you settle for.
JANIS JOPLIN

Dream Hope Makeover Settle Settling Wish
Like 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 JOPLIN

Beautiful Conscious Fat Girl Leg Man Most Self Shaped Short
I don’t know, I just want to feel as much as I can, it’s what ‘soul’ is all about.
JANIS JOPLIN

Feel Feeling Much Soul Think
I always wanted to be an artist, whatever that was, like other chicks want to be stewardesses. I read. I painted. I thought.
JANIS JOPLIN

Artist Chick Painted Read Stewardess Want Wanted Whatever
Man, there ain’t gonna be nothing left for Janis.
JANIS JOPLIN

Left Man Nothing People Person
I’m just doing what I wanted to and what feels right and not settling for bullshit and it worked. How can they be mad at that?
JANIS JOPLIN

Bullshit Doing Feel Mad Settling Wanted Worked
I don’t know what happened. I just exploded. I’d never sung like that before. I used to stand still and sing simple, but you can’t sing like that in front of a rock band.
JANIS JOPLIN

Before Exploded Happened Moving Rock Simple Sing Sung
They threw these musicians at me, man, and the sound was coming from behind. The bass was charging me.
JANIS JOPLIN

Behind Charging Coming Man Musician Sound Threw
What 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 JOPLIN

Control Essence Learn Lose Perspective Succes
I’d rather have ten years of superhypermost than live to be seventy sitting in some goddamn chair watching TV.
JANIS JOPLIN

Goddamn Seventy Sitting Superhypemost Watching Tv Year
I’m tired of all these hippie jack-offs
JANIS JOPLIN

Hippie Jack Off Tired
And I decided then and there that that was it. I never wanted to do anything else. It was better than it had been with any man, you know. Maybe that’s the trouble.
JANIS JOPLIN

Anything Better Decide Maybe Trouble Want
If someone comes along, gonna give you some love and affection, I say get it while you can.
JANIS JOPLIN

Affection Attachment Giving Love Philosophy Someone

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

Related Topics

Popular Authors

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

Related Topics

Popular Authors

More Janis Joplin Quotes