153 Quotes by Janis Joplin

Don't compromise your self, you're all you got.

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.

I believe the only people who truly experience and test the application of equality are twins.

I would trade all my tomorrow's for one single yesterday.

Oh, Lord, won't you buy me a Mercedes Benz - My friends all drive Porsches, I must make amends.

Don't go looking for Mr. Right. Look for Mr. Right Now.

I'm tired of all these hippie jack-offs

Honey, if you've had your eye on a piece of talent and that chick down the road has been getting all the action, then you know what you gotta do... Try A Little Bit Harder.

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.