black
grey
blue
red
brown
white

Life is too damn short and [screwed] up to go through it silently loving someone and never telling them how you feel. [Screw]

Janis Joplin

They 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 JOPLIN

Asked Blue heavy Like Mouths Opened You
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
Like, I don’t think I’d go off the road for long now, for life with a guy no matter how good. Yeah, it’s the truth. Scary thing to say though, isn’t it?
JANIS JOPLIN

Good Long Matter Now Road Scary Truth Yeah
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 read a story about some old opera singer once, and when a guy asked her to marry him, she took him backstage after she had sung a real triumph, with all the people calling for her, asked, ‘Do you think you could give me that?’
JANIS JOPLIN

Asked Backstage Man Marry Old Opera Real Some Story Thinking Took
To be true to myself, to be the person that was on the inside of me, and not play games.
JANIS JOPLIN

Bullshit Game Myself Person Play Trying
Don’t go looking for Mr. Right. Look for Mr. Right Now.
JANIS JOPLIN

Finding Love Look Mr Now Right
Being an intellectual creates a lot of questions and no answers.
JANIS JOPLIN

Answer Inspirational Intellectual Question Strong Woman
Singing, it’s like it’s like loving somebody, it’s a supreme emotional and physical experience.
JANIS JOPLIN

Emotional Experience Love Music Singing Somebody Supreme
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
When I sing, I feel like when you’re first in love. It’s more than sex.
JANIS JOPLIN

Being First Love Music Point Sex Sing
I got treated very badly in Texas. They don’t treat beatniks too good in Texas. Port Arthur people thought I was a beatnik, though they’d never seen one and neither had I.
JANIS JOPLIN

Arthur Badly Beatniks Good People Port Texas
I had a lot of hurts and confusions. You know, it’s hard when you’re a kid to be different. You’re all full of things, and you don’t know that it’s about.
JANIS JOPLIN

Confusion Different Full Hard Hurt Kid Lot Thing
Being an intellectual creates a lot of questions and no answers. You can fill your life up with ideas and still go home lonely.
JANIS JOPLIN

Answer Create Home Idea Intellectual Lonely Question Strong Women
Audiences like their blues singers to be miserable.
JANIS JOPLIN

Audience Blue Miserable Music Sadness Singer
Gimme a pigfoot and a bottle of beer.
JANIS JOPLIN

Beer Bottle Gimme Humorous Pigfoot

Life is too damn short and [screwed] up to go through it silently loving someone and never telling them how you feel. [Screw]

Related Topics

Popular Authors

Life is too damn short and [screwed] up to go through it silently loving someone and never telling them how you feel. [Screw]

Related Topics

Popular Authors

More Janis Joplin Quotes