Janis Joplin Quotes – Wisdom and Inspiration from a Rock Pioneer

Don’t compromise yourself. You’re all you’ve got.

Freedom’s just another word for nothing left to lose.

I’m one of those regular weird people.

You can destroy your now by worrying about tomorrow.

On stage, I make love to 25,000 people, then I go home alone.

I always wanted to be an artist, whatever that was, like other chicks want to be stewardesses or nurses.

If it feels right, do it.

I’m not trying to be anyone other than myself.

You’ve got to get it while you can.

Don’t compromise. You’re all you’ve got.

People, whether they know it or not, like their blues singers miserable.

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

I’m doing the best I can.

I would never write a song just to be clever.

You are what you settle for.

I don’t want to be mediocre.

Don’t take life too serious. You’ll never get out alive.

I’d like just to be a woman for a while, not ‘Janis Joplin’.

I’m happy being myself, which I’ve never been before.

I’m a victim of my own insides.

Don’t compromise yourself. You’re all you’ve got.

It’s better to have failure, because you learn from it – success you don’t learn nothing.

Texas, when I die, you put up a big memorial to me. A 10-lane highway.

Don’t try to be anyone else because you will fail. Be yourself and you will succeed.

I don’t want to hurt anyone, but I want to live life as I see it.

I wouldn’t mind dying in a plane crash. It’d be a good way to go.

I’m one of those regular weird people.

Maybe my destruction is the best thing I’ve got going.

You’d be amazed how much fun you can have with your own imagination.

What’s my choice? To be normal? There is no normal, let’s be honest.

I would rather have ten years of super hypermost than live in pieces for a thousand.

I’m still looking for the rest of myself.

I’ve been on the mountaintop, and I’ve been on the bottom.

I didn’t solve anything.

Don’t compromise yourself, it’s all you’ve got.

To make it, you’ve got to be gutsy.

Audiences like their blues singers troubled.

I’m not trying to be anyone other than myself.

I always wanted to be an artist, whatever that was, like other chicks want to be stewardesses.

I’m gonna stay as close to the edge as I can without going over.

You got to have it on the inside before you can wear it on the outside.

I’m one of those pretty little bicoastal druggies.

You don’t have to be afraid of looking ugly.

I read a lot, man. Read a lot of religious books and all.

If somebody doesn’t do something, then hell, I will.

I don’t really think anyone is gonna change the country.

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

On stage, I make love to 25,000 different people, then I go home alone.

Act funny and you become funny.

Talent is being able to sell what you’re feeling.