Janis Joplin

"Justice requires courage and conviction."

"Creativity flourishes when you release your inhibitions."

"There's beauty in broken things if you look closely."

"Hope is the last thing that leaves us."

"Change is the only constant in life."

"Education is freedom from ignorance."

"Knowledge without action is just information."

"Time reveals truth."

"Freedom requires responsibility."

"Nature teaches us humility."

"Art is how we speak when words fail."

"Music is the universal language of the soul."

"Faith in yourself is the beginning of everything."

"Leadership is about lifting others up."

"Work that doesn't feed your soul is not worth doing."

"Dreams are the blueprints of your future."

"Humor helps us survive difficult times."

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

"I'd rather have ten minutes of wonderful than a lifetime of nothing special."

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

"Maybe I'm just not trying hard enough. Maybe I'm not smart enough."

"You know you've got it, if it makes you feel good."

"I love the friends I have gathered together on this thin raft we call Earth."

"My daddy said, 'Don't ever be different. Don't ever stand out from the crowd.'"

"Singing is like a celebration of oxygen."

"Pearl is like a working-class hero."

"Get it while you can before it's gone."

"The only way to be yourself in the world is to fight."

"Be your own hero."

"Stop trying to be somebody else and just be you."