You know why we're stuck with the myth that only black people have soul? Because white people don't let themselves feel things.

Quote by Janis Joplin

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You got to get it while you can.

You got to get it while you can.

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

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

Audiences like their blues singers to be miserable.

Audiences like their blues singers to be miserable.

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...

Rock on out.

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.

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....

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

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

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

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

I'm one of those regular weird people.

I'm one of those regular weird people.

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,...

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...

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

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

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...

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,...

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

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

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...

He only earns his freedom and his life Who takes them every day by storm.

He only earns his freedom and his life Who takes them every day by storm.

Change is the end result of all true learning.

Change is the end result of all true learning.

Nudists are people who wear one-button suits

Nudists are people who wear one-button suits