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Janis Joplin Quotes

1943–1970 United States

Janis Lyn Joplin (19 January 1943 – 4 October 1970) was an American singer and songwriter.

United States
Feminists
Musicians
Singer-songwriters
Singers

Also known as: Joplin, Janis

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19 quotes

Music’s for grooving man, and music’s not for puttin’ yourself through bad changes, y’know?

An’ I don’t want much outa life,
I never wanted a mansion in the south.
I just-a want to find someone sincere
Who’d treat me like he talks,
One good man.

I Got Dem Ol' Kozmic Blues Again Mama! (1969)

Please don'tcha do it to me babe, no!
Please don'tcha do it to me baby,
Either take this love I offer
Or honey let me be.

Pearl (1971)

Oh Lord, won't you buy me a Mercedes Benz? My friends all drive Porsches, I must make amends

Pearl (1971)

Tomorrow never happens. It's all the same fucking day, man.

Honey, I love to go to parties,
And I like to have a good time,
But if it gets too pale after a while
Honey and I start looking to find
One good man.

I Got Dem Ol' Kozmic Blues Again Mama! (1969)

To sing blues, you've got to be able to, ... be willing to, feel things.

One good man,
Oh ain’t much, honey ain’t much,
It’s only everything...

I Got Dem Ol' Kozmic Blues Again Mama! (1969)

Fourteen heart attacks and he had to die in my week. In MY week.

Time keeps movin' on,
Friends they turn away.
I keep movin' on
But I never found out why
I keep pushing so hard the dream,
I keep tryin to make it right
Through another lonely day, whoaa.

I Got Dem Ol' Kozmic Blues Again Mama! (1969)

You say that it's over baby, Lord,
You say that it's over now,
But still you hang around me, come on,
Won't you move over.

Pearl (1971)

Oh yeah, make up your mind, honey,
You're playing with me, hey hey hey,
Make up your mind, darling,
You're playing with me, come on now!
Now either be my loving man,
I said-a let me honey, let me be, yeah!

Pearl (1971)

Oh! But it don't make no difference, babe, hey,
And I know that I could always try.
Theres a fire inside everyone of us,
You'd better need it now,
I got to hold it, yeah,
I better use it till the day I die.

I Got Dem Ol' Kozmic Blues Again Mama! (1969)

Don't expect any answers, dear,
For I know that they don't come with age, no, no.
Well, ain't never gonna love you any better, babe.
And I'm never gonna love you right,
So you'd better take it now, and right now.

I Got Dem Ol' Kozmic Blues Again Mama! (1969)

Aww, but it don't make no difference, baby, no, no,
And I know that I could always try.
It don't make no difference, baby, yeah,
I better hold it now,
I better need it, yeah,
Im gonna use it till the day I die, whoa.

I Got Dem Ol' Kozmic Blues Again Mama! (1969)

You know you got it if it makes you feel good.

Misattributed Piece of My Heart (1968)

Work me Lord, work me Lord.
Please don't you leave me,
I feel so useless down here
With no one to love
Though I've looked everywhere
And I can't find me anybody to love,
To feel my care.

Misattributed

Well, I’m gonna show you, baby, that a woman can be tough.
I want you to come on, come on, come on, come on and take it,
Take another little piece of my heart now, baby!

Misattributed Piece of My Heart (1968)

Freedom is just another word for nothing left to lose,
Nothing don’t mean nothing honey if it ain’t free...
And feeling good was easy, lord, when he sang the blues.
You know feeling good was good enough for me,
Good enough for me and my Bobby McGee.

Misattributed

Attribution

Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Janis Joplin (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.