The 85 best famous phrases of Janis Joplin

Janis Joplin is considered one of the greatest phenomena of Bohemian culture, in addition to being the first female artist to be successful in rock and roll in the 60s. Also called as 'The Cosmic Witch', she became a symbol of hippie culture and youth debauchery, which that she, unfortunately also cost her her life, since she would die at the age of 27, due to an overdose of substances.

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Iconic Janis Joplin Quotes

More than being remembered for belonging to the famous ´Club de los 27´, this artist is remembered by all reflections and criticisms of society, as well as for encouraging its fans not to conform. For this reason, we have brought in this article a compilation with the best phrases of Janis Joplin to remember her legacy.

1. Being an intellectual creates many questions and no answers.

A hobby that many have.

2. At least we know that we tend to be afraid. If you object to my plural noun, I'll take it back.

We all fear something.

3. Ambition is not just a desperate search for position or money. It is love, a lot of love.

Everyone has their own interests to pursue.

4. Give me a pig's foot and a bottle of beer.

Simple tastes.

5. I talk to the audience, I look them in the eye. I need them and they need me.

Janis was very connected to her audience.

6. I just want to feel as much as I can, it's all the soul is about.

Never close yourself to experiencing new feelings.

7. On stage I make love to 25,000 different people. Then I go home alone.

Loneliness was always a perpetual feeling for the singer.

8. In my concerts most of the girls seek liberation, they think that I will teach them how to do it.

She somehow became a role model for many young women.

9. I do not know what happened. I just exploded. She had never sung like this before.

Coming to the climax of her talent.

10. Audiences like their blues singers to be miserable.

She claimed that fans dream that her idols suffer as much as they do.

11. Here I am, my friend, to celebrate a party, the best possible while I live on earth. I think that is also your duty.

Her parties, unfortunately, got out of hand.

12. Maybe my audience can enjoy my music more if they think I'm destroying myself.

A reality that became her day to day.

13. I used to stand still and sing plain, but you can't sing like that in front of a rock band.

You have to feel the music that is sung.

14. You shouldn't settle for less than what makes you happy.

Never do something that makes you miserable.

15. She loves your animal friends, don't eat them.

An animal lover.

16. You can't stay in your hometown and play because both people will get tired of seeing you.

Staying in your comfort zone will never make you stand out.

17. Do you know why only people of color are thought to have souls? Because white people do not allow themselves to feel with their soul.

A strong statement from the singer.

18. You have to sing loud and move wild with all that on your back. Now, I don't know how to act otherwise.

The correct way to sing according to Janis.

19. It's hard to be free, but when it works, it's worth it!

There is nothing more sacred than freedom.

20. I think the only people who really experiment and test the application of equality are twins.

No one is the same as another, there are always things that differentiate us and make us unique.

21. They asked me, how did you learn to sing the blues like that? How did you learn to sing so loud? I just opened my mouth and that's what it sounded like.

A natural talent.

22. Don't put your life in danger. You are all you have.

Ironic advice, since the singer was not known for taking care of her life.

23. I feel so useless down here with no one to love. Although I have searched everywhere, I cannot find anyone who loves me, who feels my affection.

We have all felt that feeling of decay.

24. I started to be a street person, like everyone else. I did not start to be a singer.

A woman who climbed until she reached the top.

25. I'm just one more weird person out of the bunch.

Janis didn't consider herself someone important to stand out.

26. What makes you feel good can't hurt you.

A phrase that should make us reflect.

27. Everyone has to settle for something at some point. You can't have everything and you can't go on without endangering your entire life.

It is impossible to have everything, but it is important to have what makes us happy.

28. When I sing, I feel like when you first fell in love. It is more than sex.

Singing was everything to this artist.

29. We forgive others not because they deserve it, but because they need it. They need it, we need it, we all need it.

Promoting forgiveness as a benefit for all.

30. I'm buried alive in the blues

Not for nothing was she also nicknamed, the white lady of the blues.

31. You have to do it while you can ...

If you can do something you like right now, don't waste any more time.

32. Instead of choosing what you think is best, you already know that you have what you need when happiness comes.

Choose what makes you grow and improve.

33. I don't understand how you left… And I don't understand why half the world is still crying, when the other half is also crying.

A fragment that expresses the pain of a game very well.

34. You can destroy your present by worrying about your future.

Worrying too much about the future can hurt us a lot.

35. It's that point that two people can reach that they call love, when you actually touch someone for the first time, but it's gigantic, multiplied by the entire audience. I feel chills.

Talking about being on stage.

36. I started singing rhythmically, and now I'm learning from Otis Redding to push a song instead of gliding over it.

The beginning of everything for Janis.

37. Once, in a green time, a flower fell in love with the sun, the passion lasted an hour and then she withered for hers loved hers.

Passionate loves are usually very short.

38. You know what? She may be the first hippie and pin up girl.

Why can't it be both?

39. I always wanted to be an artist, whatever that was, just like other girls wanted to be hostesses. I read, painted and thought.

Janis knew that her destiny was tied to the arts.

40. I'd rather not sing than sing silently.

She was always a woman who was not afraid to say what she wanted to say.

41. Freedom is another word to define nothing to lose.

Freedom is a space to be yourself.

42. I got caught up in this song thing, and after getting involved in it it became very important to me whether it was good or not.

Janis's music was always deep and meaningful.

43. Hippies believe that the world could be a better place. The Beatniks believe that things are not going to get better and they say, "Fuck it, get high and have fun."

Janis always waved between the two choices.

44. Texas is fine if you want to settle down and do your thing quietly, but it's not for scandalous people, and I was always scandalous.

Texas couldn't be the place for her to stand out.

45. My business is to have fun and enjoy. And why not, if in the end everything ends?

Living to the fullest was her mantra, although that took its toll.

46. It is not what it is not, it is what you wish unhappiness to be.

Unhappiness begins with our way of seeing life.

47. Handle me, Lord. Do not leave me please.

Another example of the anxiety that being alone left her.

48. Well, I tell you that that one day better be your whole life. Because oh well, you can cry for the other 364 days, but you're going to lose that one day, and that's all you have.

Enjoy every space day you have because it may not repeat itself.

49. You can feel all things at once, so why not carry all things at once?

It is never good to shut yourself off from emotions, but neither is it good to let yourself be controlled by them.

50. I guess I may have done something wrong and will be happy to admit it, if you come home with me.

We must acknowledge our mistakes.

51. If you're getting more shit than you deserve, you know what to do about it. You know, all you need is more music.

Rebel against what is wrong with you.

52. I think I think too much. That's why I drink!

A very common excuse among alcoholics.

53. I'm not leaving this to become someone's "old lady."

You don't have to follow ‘traditions’ if it’s not what you want to do.

54. Being myself, being the person inside me, not playing games, that is what I am trying to do all the time more than anything in the world, so as not to fuck myself or others.

Her main focus was showing the world how important it is to be yourself.

55. Why should I hold back now and sound mediocre, only so that I can sound mediocre twenty years from now?

Never contain your talent.

56. If I hold back, I'm useless. I am not good. I'd rather be good sometimes than hold back all the time.

A tip that we can take into account.

57. All you really need are feelings.

Let yourself be carried away by feelings when the moment warrants it.

58. Which showed that my interest in rock was not based on a vast knowledge of her work. It was about them.

Rock not only needs theoretical knowledge, but also passion.

59. There is a light, a certain kind of light, that has never, never been shown to me.

A woman who was desperate for love.

60. You have to call this love. That is what it is. And if you have it today, you don't want it tomorrow, because you don't need it anymore, because, to tell the truth and as we discover throughout life, tomorrow never happens. It's always the same fucking day ...

Do you think that is how love is experienced?

61. I'm going to show you that a woman can be difficult.

Every woman must be independent.

62. Wait a minute, maybe I can do anything.

Never miss an opportunity that comes to you.

63. I read, I painted, I didn't hate black people.

A sample of her way of thinking.

64. Here's the problem: sometimes I have to sleep. But there are so many things happening… Why sleep? I might miss a party.

Tragically, rest was never an option for Janis.

65. You are what you conform.

What do you settle for?

66. My father would not get us a television, he would not allow a television in the house.

Talking about a rigid childhood.

67. I want you to count, to count your fingers, my unhappy, my unfortunate. My sad little girl. I know you're unhappy, honey, I know.

Melancholy also characterized her songs.

68. I'd trade all of my tomorrow for just one yesterday.

There is a moment to which we always want to return.

69. The more you live, the less you die.

So take advantage of every moment of your life.

70. It's going to be a long and hard burden, but we will make it through.

Difficult things have great rewards.

71. Honey, I want, I want for the rest of my life, to live with you, dear. That's what I want, oh, I want to live with you and love you.

The feeling of wanting love.

72. You know you have it if it makes you feel good.

Do not let go of what gives you mental and physical well-being.

73. I am a victim of my own insides.

Janis fought her demons every day.

74. They treated me very badly in Texas. They don't treat beatniks very well in Texas. The people of Port Arthur thought I was a beatnik, although they had never seen one and neither did I.

A bad experience in Texas.

75. One of these morning you're going to get up, get up singing, you're going to spread your wings boy, and soar into the sky.

Get up and get ready for a new day.

76. When you hug someone, you should hug them like it's the last minute of your life.

A true reality.

77. The older the grapes, the sweeter the wine.

Getting old brings the benefits of it.

78. I need a man to love. I have to find it, I must have it like the air I breathe. A loving man who understands how much I need him.

A sample of the desperation to have love.

79. There was a time when I wanted to know everything. It used to make me very unhappy, that feeling. He didn't know what to do with it. But now I've learned how to make that feeling work for me.

We always have a moment in our life when we find ourselves lost.

80. You can't make up something that you don't feel.

All your emotions come from somewhere.

81. Don't go looking for Mr. Right. Find Mr. Perfect now.

Find someone else who does you good.

82. To be true to myself, her to be the person that was inside me, and not play games. That is what I am trying to do all over the world, is not lie to myself and not lie to anyone else.

Janis, at all times, showed herself as she is.

83. Inside, it hurts a lot if someone doesn't like me. It's silly.

Absolutely nonsense, without a doubt. The person you have to like is yourself.

84. I have looked around and I have been able to understand something: how much we need to be loved.

Loving and being loved is almost a necessity.

85. I love being a star more than life itself.

Perhaps a prediction of his death to remain eternal?