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. Janis Joplin More Quotes by Janis Joplin More Quotes From Janis Joplin To be true to myself, to be the person that was on the inside of me, and not play games. That's what I'm trying to do mostly in the whole world, is not bullshit myself and not bullshit anybody else. Janis Joplin bullshit games play You can destroy your now by worrying about tomorrow. Janis Joplin motivational positive adventure The more you live, the less you die. Janis Joplin life-and-death dies I just want to feel as much as I can, it's what soul is all about. Janis Joplin inspirational-music soul want Freedom is just another word for when you have NOTHING left to lose. Janis Joplin left loses Life is too damn short and [screwed] up to go through it silently loving someone and never telling them how you feel. [Screw] the consequences, [screw] the implications of the actions, to hell with it all... whatever happens as a result is better than the nothingness that is inevitable with silence. Janis Joplin loving-someone how-you-feel silence As good as you've been to this world is as good as it's gonna be right back to you. Janis Joplin this-world philosophy world Don't compromise your self, you're all you got. Janis Joplin compromise self You're only as much as you settle for. If they settle for being somebody's dishwasher that's their own f***ing problem. If you don't settle for that and you keep fighting it, you know, you'll end up anything you want to be. Janis Joplin fighting problem want 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.” – Janis Joplin Janis Joplin strong-women lonely home If you've got a today, don't wear it tomorrow. Tomorrow never happens. It's all the same day. Janis Joplin tomorrow wisdom today I think I think too much. That's why I drink! Janis Joplin drink too-much thinking It used to make me unhappy, all that feeling. I just didn't know what to do with it. But now I've learned how to make feeling work for me... I don't know, I just want to feel as much as I can, it's what 'soul' is all about. Janis Joplin unhappy soul feelings When you hold somebody, you gotta hold them like it's the last minute of your life. Janis Joplin minutes lasts advice You know you've got it, if it makes you feel good. Janis Joplin feel-good ifs feels You are what you settle for. Janis Joplin settling Singing, it's like it's like loving somebody, it's a supreme emotional and physical experience. Janis Joplin emotional music love I'm one of those regular weird people. Janis Joplin weird-people being-weird people It's hard to be free but when it works, it's worth it! Janis Joplin worth-it working-it hard I gotta go on doin' it the way I see it...I got no choice but to take it like I see it. I'm here to have a party while I'm on this earth...I'm gettin' it now, today. I don't even know where I'm gonna be twenty years from now, so I'm just gonna keep on rockin', cause if I start saving up bits and pieces of me...man, there ain't gonna be nothing left for Janis. Janis Joplin party men years
