List of Janis Joplin Quotes

My Father Wouldn't Get Us A Tv, He Wouldn't Allow A Tv In The House.

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.

Audiences Like Their Blues Singers To Be Miserable.

I Read, I Painted, I Didn't Hate Niggers.

When Everything Is Together - The Band, Me, The Audience, It's Boss! It's Just Like Magic.

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.

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.

I Believe The Only People Who Truly Experience And Test The Application Of Equality Are Twins.

At My Concerts Most Of The Chicks Are Looking For Liberation, They Think I'm Gonna Show 'em How To Do It.

I Talk To The Audience, Look Into Their Eyes. I Need Them And They Need Me.

I Started Singing Rhythmically, And Now I'm Learning From Otis Redding To Push A Song Instead Of Just Sliding Over It

After They See Me, When Their Mothers Are Feeding Them All That Cashmere Sweater And Girdle ----- [expletive Deleted By The New York Times], Maybe They'll Have A Second Thought - That They Can Be Themselves And Win.