Janis Joplin quotes

Janis Joplin was an American singer and songwriter, celebrated as one of the most powerful and influential voices in rock and blues music. Known for her soulful vocals and electric stage presence, she became an icon of the 1960s counterculture movement. She left a lasting legacy on music and inspired generations of artists with her raw emotion and unique style. Here are 36 of her quotes:

Don't compromise yourself. You are all you've got. (Janis Joplin)
On stage, I make love to 25,000 different people, then I go home alone. View quote
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Dawn has come at last, Twenty-five years, honey just in one night, oh yeah. Well, Im twenty-five years older now So I know we can't be right And Im no better, baby, And I cant help you no more Than I did when just a girl. View quote
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You know you got it if it makes you feel good. View quote
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Oh! But it don't make no difference, babe, hey, And I know that I could always try. Theres a fire inside everyone of us, You'd better need it now, I got to hold it, yeah, I better use it till the day I die. View quote
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Don't expect any answers, dear, For I know that they don't come with age, no, no. Well, ain't never gonna love you any better, babe. And I'm never gonna love you right, So you'd better take it now, and right now. View quote
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I think I think too much. That's why I drink! View quote
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I always wanted to be an artist, whatever that was, like other chicks want to be stewardesses. I read. I painted. I thought. View quote
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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. View quote
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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. View quote
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Fourteen heart attacks and he had to die in my week. In MY week. (Janis Joplin)
Honey, I love to go to parties, And I like to have a good time, But if it gets too pale after a while Honey and I start looking to find One good man. View quote
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An' I don't want much outa life, I never wanted a mansion in the south. I just-a want to find someone sincere Who'd treat me like he talks, One good man. View quote
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One good man, Oh ain't much, honey ain't much, It's only everything... View quote
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Time keeps movin' on, Friends they turn away. I keep movin' on But I never found out why I keep pushing so hard the dream, I keep tryin to make it right Through another lonely day, whoaa. View quote
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Being an intellectual creates a lot of questions and no answers. You can fill your life up with ideas and still go home lonely. All you really have that really matters are feelings. That's what music is to me. View quote
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Work me Lord, work me Lord. Please don't you leave me, I feel so useless down here With no one to love Though I've looked everywhere And I can't find me anybody to love, To feel my care. View quote
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I'm one of those regular weird people. View quote
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Being an intellectual creates a lot of questions and no answers. View quote
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Freedom is just another word for nothing left to lose, Nothing don't mean nothing honey if it ain't free... View quote
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Well, I'm gonna show you, baby, that a woman can be tough. I want you to come on, come on, come on, come on and take it, Take another little piece of my heart now, baby! (Janis Joplin)
Work me, lord. Please don't you leave me. I feel so useless down here with no one to love. Though I looked everywhere, and I can't find me anybody to love, to feel my care...So, work me lord, oh, use me lord. Can I show you how hard it is trying to live when you're all alone? Everyday I keep trying to move forward but something is driving me, oh, back. Something's trying to hold on to me, to my way of life. So, oh, don't you forget me down here lord, no no no no no, don't you forget me, lord. Well I don't think I'm any very special kind of person down here, I know better. But I don't think you're gonna find anybody, not anybody who can say that they tried like I tried. The worst that you can say all about me is that I'm never satisfied... View quote
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Freedom is just another word for nothing left to lose, Nothing don't mean nothing honey if it ain't free... And feeling good was easy, lord, when he sang the blues. You know feeling good was good enough for me, Good enough for me and my Bobby McGee. View quote
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Oh Lord, won't you buy me a Mercedes Benz. View quote
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Guess what, I might be the first hippie pinup girl. View quote
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