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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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,...

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

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

I'm one of those regular weird people.

I'm one of those regular weird people.

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....

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

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

Rock on out.

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

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

Audiences like their blues singers to be miserable.

Audiences like their blues singers to be miserable.

You got to get it while you can.

You got to get it while you can.

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.

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

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

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...

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

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

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...

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.

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,...

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...

The road to a friend's house is never long

The road to a friend's house is never long

Friendship is like milking a cow. If you milk too often, you won't get much...

Friendship is like milking a cow. If you milk too often, you won't get much...

Love is strange and mysterious.. Just like Jelly beans..

Love is strange and mysterious.. Just like Jelly beans..