Don't compromise yourself. You are all you've got.
– Janis Joplin
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.
– Janis Joplin
On stage, I make love to 25,000 different people, then I go home alone.
– Janis Joplin
My father wouldn't get us a TV, he wouldn't allow a TV in the house.
– 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
Being an intellectual creates a lot of questions and no answers.