I read, I painted, I didn't hate niggers.
People, whether they know it or not, like their blues singers miserable. They like their blues singers to die afterwards.
You know you've got it, if it makes you feel good.
My father wouldn't get us a TV, he wouldn't allow a TV in the house.
At my concerts most of the chicks are looking for liberation, they think I'm gonna show 'em how to do it.
Being an intellectual creates a lot of questions and no answers. You can fill your life up with ideas and still go home lonely. All you really have that really matters are feelings. That's what music is to me.” – Janis Joplin