You can feel all things at once, so why not wear all things at once? Janis Joplin More Quotes by Janis Joplin More Quotes From Janis Joplin Maybe my audiences can enjoy my music more if they think I'm destroying myself. Janis Joplin destroyingenjoythinking You got to get it while you can. Janis Joplin Guess what, I might be the first hippie pinup girl. Janis Joplin girlhippiemight Gimme a pigfoot and a bottle of beer. Janis Joplin bottleshumorousbeer Don't go looking for Mr. Right. Look for Mr. Right Now. Janis Joplin mr-rightfinding-lovelooks Audiences like their blues singers to be miserable. Janis Joplin singerssadnessmusic I started singing rhythmically, and now I'm learning from Otis Redding to push a song instead of just sliding over it Janis Joplin over-itsingingsong I'd rather not sing than sing quiet. Janis Joplin passionquiet I started out to be a person on the street, just like everybody else. I didn't start out to be a singer. But I got sort of swept up in this singing thing, and after I got involved in it it got really important to me if I was good or not. Janis Joplin singerssingingimportant I love being a star more than life itself. Janis Joplin starsfamelove-is I talk to the audience, look into their eyes. I need them and they need me. Janis Joplin eyelooksneeds Oh Lord, won't you buy me a Mercedes Benz. Janis Joplin benzmaterialismlord 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 texaswantpeople They asked me, How did you learn to sing the blues like that? How did you learn to sing that heavy? I just opened my mouth and that's what I sounded like. You can't make up something that you don't feel. I didn't make it up. I just opened my mouth and it existed. Janis Joplin heavylike-youmouths I believe the only people who truly experience and test the application of equality are twins. Janis Joplin testsbelievepeople I had a lot of hurts and confusions. You know, it's hard when you're a kid to be different. You're all full of things, and you don't know that it's about. Janis Joplin confusionhurtkids I read, I painted, I didn't hate niggers. Janis Joplin hate I want a bigger band with higher highs, a bigger ladder. And I want more bottom - I want an incredible amount of bottom. I want more noise. When I do a rock tune I want it to be so HUGE. Janis Joplin laddersrockswant At my concerts most of the chicks are looking for liberation, they think I'm gonna show 'em how to do it. Janis Joplin chicksemsthinking You can't stay in your home town and play because the two people will get tired of seeing you. Janis Joplin tiredplayhome
