I can't talk about my singing; I'm inside it. How can you describe something you're inside of?
Janis JoplinThey 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.
Janis JoplinSinging, it's like it's like loving somebody, it's a supreme emotional and physical experience.
Janis JoplinOh, Lord, won't you buy me a Mercedes Benz - My friends all drive Porsches, I must make amends.
Janis JoplinLife is too damn short and [screwed] up to go through it silently loving someone and never telling them how you feel. [Screw] the consequences, [screw] the implications of the actions, to hell with it all... whatever happens as a result is better than the nothingness that is inevitable with silence.
Janis Joplin