Why should I hold back now and sound mediocre, just so I can sound mediocre twenty years from now?
Janis JoplinLike 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.
Janis JoplinI believe the only people who truly experience and test the application of equality are twins.
Janis JoplinI don't know what happened. I just exploded. I'd never sung like that before. I used to stand still and sing simple, but you can't sing like that in front of a rock band. You have to sing loud and move wild with all that in back of you. Now, I don't know how to perform any other way.
Janis Joplin