Janis Quotes

gotta go on doin` it the way I see it...I got no choice but to take it like I see it. I`m here to have a party while I`m on this earth...I`m gettin` it now, today. I don`t even know where I`m gonna be twenty years from now, so I`m just gonna keep on rockin`, cause if I start saving up bits and pieces of me...man, there ain`t gonna be nothing left for Janis.

I watched Janis one time - we opened for her - and that`s the only time I ever saw her. We opened for Jimi Hendrix. I got to stand on the side of the stage and watch him for two hours and then he died. But I got the essence before they left.

I remember my mom dressed like Janis Joplin.

America? They had a good girl singer, Janis Joplin.

Some people have that roar in their head, but I`m not sure I ever did. That live-fast-die-young thing. No one wants it really - Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin - it`s not good. I want to live with Amanda till I`m 70. I was never the kid that went all the way with naughtiness, never got caned or in serious trouble. I always knew when to pull back.