janis joplin

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

“ What we've had to do is learn to control success, put it in perspective, and not lose the essence of what we're doing - the music. ”

“ I always wanted to be an artist. I read. I painted. I thought. ”

“ Ambition isnt just a desperate quest for money or positions. Its just love lots of love. ”

“ Like most girls, I'm always really self-conscious about do I look fat, if my legs are short, if I'm weird shaped, but when I go on stage, man, it never occurs to me. I think I look beautiful. ”

“ I can't talk about my singing. I'm inside it. How can you describe something you're inside of? ”

“ Don't compromise yourself. You're all you've got. ”

“ All any girl really wants is just love and a man. But what man can put up with a rock-n-roll star? ”

“ Because the matter of the fact, as we discovered tat's rain, tomorrow never happens, man... ”

“ If someone comes along, gonna give you some love and affection, I say get it while you can. ”