My father wouldn't get us a TV, he wouldn't allow a TV in the house.

Quote by Janis Joplin

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Oh Lord, won't you buy me a Mercedes Benz.

Oh Lord, won't you buy me a Mercedes Benz.

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

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

Audiences like their blues singers to be miserable.

Audiences like their blues singers to be miserable.

If I hold back, I'm no good. I'm no good. I'd rather be good sometimes,...

If I hold back, I'm no good. I'm no good. I'd rather be good sometimes,...

On stage I make love to twenty five thousand people; and then I go home...

On stage I make love to twenty five thousand people; and then I go home...

Freedom's just another word for nothin left to loose. Nothin, don't mean nothin honey if...

Freedom's just another word for nothin left to loose. Nothin, don't mean nothin honey if...

You got to get it while you can.

You got to get it while you can.

Guess what, I might be the first hippie pinup girl.

Guess what, I might be the first hippie pinup girl.

When I sing, I feel like when you're first in love. It's more than sex....

When I sing, I feel like when you're first in love. It's more than sex....

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

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

Rock on out.

You know why we're stuck with the myth that only black people have soul? Because...

You know why we're stuck with the myth that only black people have soul? Because...

Oh, Lord, won't you buy me a Mercedes Benz My friends all drive Porsches, I...

Oh, Lord, won't you buy me a Mercedes Benz My friends all drive Porsches, I...

I always wanted to be an artist, whatever that was, like other chicks want to...

I always wanted to be an artist, whatever that was, like other chicks want to...

I got treated very badly in Texas. They don't treat beatniks too good in Texas....

I got treated very badly in Texas. They don't treat beatniks too good in Texas....

I won't quit to become someone's old lady.

I won't quit to become someone's old lady.

I'm one of those regular weird people.

I'm one of those regular weird people.

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

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

Texas is OK if you want to settle down and do your own thing quietly,...

Texas is OK if you want to settle down and do your own thing quietly,...