Quotes from Janis Joplin

Rock on out.

Who you are is what you settle for, you know?

All of a sudden, someone threw me in front of this rock and roll band. And I decided then and there that was it. I never wanted to do anything else.

I have to have the 'umph.' I've got to feel it, because if it's not getting through to me, the audience sure as hell aren't going to feel it either.

I just want to feel as much as I can, it's what soul is all about.

Singing, it's like it's like loving somebody, it's a supreme emotional and physical experience.

Audiences like their blues singers to be miserable.

Maybe my audiences can enjoy my music more if they think I'm destroying myself.

As good as you've been to this world is as good as it's gonna be right back to you.

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

You can destroy your now by worrying about tomorrow.

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

If I hold back, I'm no good. I'm no good. I'd rather be good sometimes, than holding back all the time.

You better not compromise yourself, it's all you've got.

On stage I make love to twenty five thousand people and then I go home alone.

My father wouldn't get us a TV, he wouldn't allow a TV in the house.

If I hold back, I'm no good. I'm no good. I'd rather be good sometimes, than holding back all the time.

Down on me, down on me,Looks like everybody in this whole round worldIs down on me.

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

Lord, won't you buy me a Mercedes-Benz,My friends all drive Porsches,I must make amends.

On stage, I make love to 25,000 people, then I go home alone.

I'm one of those regular weird people.

Being an intellectual creates a lot of questions and no answers.

Tomorrow never happens. It's all the same fucking day, man.