Janis Joplin

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

"Being an intellectual creates a lot of questions and no answers."

"Catch a fire and you'll never be the same."

"Try just a little bit harder to be a little bit better."

"What we've got to is a peace that comes from honesty."

"I've lived by that man's courage and advice for so long."

"The only one who can pull you down is yourself, and you're the only one who can lift yourself up either."

"Let me tell you about freedom: it's just another word for nothing left to lose."

"Maybe I'll be happy if I just stop trying so hard."

"Life is too short to waste time hating anybody."

"Get it while you can."

"For every moment of triumph, for every instance of beauty, many souls must be trampled."

"Move over honey, I got the music in me."

"You know you've got to go through hell before you get to heaven."

"Find things beautiful as much as you can, most people work at it, at being around it."

"People worry what's going to happen to you when you leave rock and roll, die or something."

"Dance when you're broken open. Dance if you've torn the bandage off."

"I made love to him like a woman loves a man."

"That's all religion is, a lot of rules and regulations and procedures."

"The most painful thing is losing yourself in the process of loving someone too much."

"I want to be the best of my ability, the best of me."

"Please, oh please, come somewhere near my life."

"My heart's in the right place."

"Keep a little fire burning inside."

"Tell them I came, and I was loaded besides."

"Being an intellectual is so rewarding and so painful at the same time."

"Time is such a precious thing to any creature."

"I love the people. I love the crazy things they do."

"You are what you settle for."

"Every person needs a good ass kicking sometimes."