Janis Joplin Quotes

You just can't let anything or anyone get in the way of who you are.

I've created the life I wanted.

Live your life to its fullest potential and don't really care too much about what other people think of you.

And wouldn't change by the change, or the game, or the fame, when he came, in the game, he made his own name

If you spend your life trying to please people or letting them control you, you may make them happy, but you'll miss your destiny.

What does it mean to be an individual? What does it mean to flourish?

I try to explain to people that the only way to be cool is to be who you truly are, and the only way to live life is to do the things that you want to do and be the person that you want to be no matter who that is or what that is or how you have to do it. That's the only way you can be genuinely happy.

Life is about making your own happiness - and living by your own rules.

Even if it's not what you planned, you can make a life for yourself on your own and be happy.

It's good for people to look at me and think, 'This guy is doing his thing and enjoying what he's doing and successful at it and living his life.' And that's what I'm doing, and I'm very happy.

My philosophy is to be me.

Success is always something completely different to people. I feel like I've succeeded, if I'm doing something that makes me happy and I'm not lying to anybody.

I had no idea that being your authentic self could make me as rich as I've become. If I had, I'd have done it a lot earlier.

If you live your life on your own terms, you might find that people actually give you more respect.

My tenacity and determination to be true to the person I had become were sacrosanct.

My advice for young people is to just be yourself. There's no pressure. Do what you want to do. And if you want to do something, then go after it and make it happen.

I like my life. I'm not living through anybody else's eyes, anybody else's life; I'm enjoying mine.

I'm just going to do what I do and be who I am.

Do what you're happy with and not what you think whoever else is going to tell you about you 'acting a color.' You don't act at all. You just do what you think is best.

I'm trying to show people that you can have any kind of life you want.

I think everybody needs to find out who they are and who their, like, inner superhero is, or who you like to be. The world would be a better place if everyone was doing what the hell they wanted to do and being who they wanted to be.

What I try to pass on in my work for everyone is that we can be who we want.

The big message is, you're the star in your own life. You don't have to change; you are who you are. Go and do what you want to do.

The first start toward success is to be glad you are yourself.

My greatest sin has always been that I have a wonderful time being myself