Janis Joplin quotes - page 2

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:

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

Janis Joplin

Audiences like their blues singers to be miserable.

Janis Joplin

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

Janis Joplin

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

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

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

Janis Joplin

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

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

Janis Joplin

To sing blues, you've got to be able to, ... be willing to, feel things.

Janis Joplin