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Janis Joplin quotes: Don't you know that you're nothing more than a one night stand?

Don't you know that you're nothing more than a one night stand?

Janis Joplin quotes: When everything is together - the band, me, the audience, it's boss! It's just like magic.

When everything is together - the band, me, the audience, it's boss! It's just like magic.

Janis Joplin quotes: All any girl really wants is just love and a man. But what man can put up with a rock-n-roll star?

All any girl really wants is just love and a man. But what man can put up with a rock-n-roll star?

Janis Joplin quotes: Guess what, I might be the first hippie pinup girl.

Guess what, I might be the first hippie pinup girl.

Janis Joplin quotes: Never compromise yourself. You are all you've got.

Never compromise yourself. You are all you've got.

Janis Joplin quotes: Tomorrow never happens. It's all the same fucking day, man.

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

Janis Joplin quotes: You can feel all things at once, so why not wear all things at once?

You can feel all things at once, so why not wear all things at once?

Janis Joplin quotes: I'm not really thinking much ... Just sort of, trying to feel.

I'm not really thinking much ... Just sort of, trying to feel.

Janis Joplin quotes: I started singing rhythmically, and now I'm learning from Otis Redding to push a song instead of just sliding over it

I started singing rhythmically, and now I'm learning from Otis Redding to push a song instead of just sliding over it

Janis Joplin quotes: I'd rather not sing than sing quiet.

I'd rather not sing than sing quiet.

Janis Joplin quotes: At my concerts most of the chicks are looking for liberation, they think I'm gonna show 'em how to do it.

At my concerts most of the chicks are looking for liberation, they think I'm gonna show 'em how to do it.

Janis Joplin quotes: You can destroy your now by worrying about tomorrow.

You can destroy your now by worrying about tomorrow.

Janis Joplin quotes: Being an intellectual creates a lot of questions and no answers.

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

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

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

Janis Joplin quotes: I won't quit to become someone's old lady.

I won't quit to become someone's old lady.

Janis Joplin quotes: You know you've got it, if it makes you feel good.

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

Janis Joplin quotes: Oh Lord, won't you buy me a Mercedes Benz?

Oh Lord, won't you buy me a Mercedes Benz?

Janis Joplin quotes: You know why we're stuck with the myth that only black people have soul? Because white people don't let themselves feel things.

You know why we're stuck with the myth that only black people have soul? Because white people don't let themselves feel things.

Janis Joplin quotes: The more you live, the less you die.

The more you live, the less you die.

Janis Joplin quotes: I read, I painted, I didn't hate niggers,

I read, I painted, I didn't hate niggers,

Janis Joplin quotes: You got to get it while you can

You got to get it while you can

Janis Joplin quotes: Audiences like their blues singers to be miserable.

Audiences like their blues singers to be miserable.

Janis Joplin quotes: If you've got a today, don't wear it tomorrow. Tomorrow never happens. It's all the same day.

If you've got a today, don't wear it tomorrow. Tomorrow never happens. It's all the same day.

Janis Joplin quotes: I talk to the audience, look into their eyes. I need them and they need me.

I talk to the audience, look into their eyes. I need them and they need me.

Janis Joplin quotes: The older the grapes, sweeter the wine.

The older the grapes, sweeter the wine.

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

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

Janis Joplin quotes: I believe the only people who truly experience and test the application of equality are twins.

I believe the only people who truly experience and test the application of equality are twins.

Janis Joplin quotes: Texas is OK if you want to settle down and do your own thing quietly, but it's not for outrageous people, and I was always outrageous.

Texas is OK if you want to settle down and do your own thing quietly, but it's not for outrageous people, and I was always outrageous.

Janis Joplin quotes: Freedom is just another word for when you have NOTHING left to lose.

Freedom is just another word for when you have NOTHING left to lose.

Janis Joplin quotes: It's not what isn't, it's what you wish was that makes unhappiness.

It's not what isn't, it's what you wish was that makes unhappiness.

Janis Joplin quotes: I can't talk about my singing; I'm inside it. How can you describe something you're inside of?

I can't talk about my singing; I'm inside it. How can you describe something you're inside of?

Janis Joplin quotes: I'm tired of all these hippie jack-offs

I'm tired of all these hippie jack-offs

Janis Joplin quotes: I love being a star more than life itself.

I love being a star more than life itself.

Janis Joplin quotes: You are what you settle for. You are only as much as you settle for

You are what you settle for. You are only as much as you settle for

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

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

Janis Joplin quotes: You can't stay in your home town and play because the two people will get tired of seeing you.

You can't stay in your home town and play because the two people will get tired of seeing you.

Janis Joplin quotes: You are what you settle for.

You are what you settle for.

Janis Joplin quotes: At least we know we tend to be afraid. If you object to my plural noun, I'll retract it.

At least we know we tend to be afraid. If you object to my plural noun, I'll retract it.

Janis Joplin quotes: Why should I hold back now and sound mediocre, just so I can sound mediocre twenty years from now?

Why should I hold back now and sound mediocre, just so I can sound mediocre twenty years from now?

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

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

Janis Joplin quotes: My business is to enjoy and have fun. And why not, if in the end everything will end, right?

My business is to enjoy and have fun. And why not, if in the end everything will end, right?

Janis Joplin quotes: Singing, it's like it's like loving somebody, it's a supreme emotional and physical experience.

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

Janis Joplin quotes: People, whether they know it or not, like their blues singers miserable. They like their blues singers to die afterwards.

People, whether they know it or not, like their blues singers miserable. They like their blues singers to die afterwards.

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

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

Janis Joplin quotes: Wait a minute, maybe I can do anything.

Wait a minute, maybe I can do anything.

Janis Joplin quotes: On stage I make love to twenty five thousand people; and then I go home alone.

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

Janis Joplin quotes: You better not compromise yourself, it's all you've got.

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

Janis Joplin quotes: I think I think too much. That's why I drink!

I think I think too much. That's why I drink!

Janis Joplin quotes: It's hard to be free but when it works, it's worth it!

It's hard to be free but when it works, it's worth it!

Janis Joplin quotes: Gimme a pigfoot and a bottle of beer.

Gimme a pigfoot and a bottle of beer.

Janis Joplin quotes: I always wanted to be an artist, whatever that was, like other chicks want to be stewardesses. I read. I painted. I thought.

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

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

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

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

Janis Joplin quotes: In my insides, it really hurts if someone doesn't like me. It's silly.

In my insides, it really hurts if someone doesn't like me. It's silly.

Janis Joplin quotes: 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?

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 quotes: 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.

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 quotes: When you hold somebody, you gotta hold them like it's the last minute of your life.

When you hold somebody, you gotta hold them like it's the last minute of your life.