Janis Joplin
Janis Joplin
Janis Lyn Joplinwas an American singer considered the premier female blues vocalist of the Sixties; her raw, powerful and uninhibited singing style, combined with her turbulent and emotional lifestyle, made her one of the biggest female stars in her lifetime. She died of a drug overdose in 1970 after releasing only four albums...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionRock Singer
Date of Birth19 January 1943
CityPort Arthur, TX
CountryUnited States of America
Don't ever compromise yourself. You're all you've got.
Which showed that my interest in rock was not based in a vast knowledge of their work. It was about them.
Fourteen heart attacks and he had to die in my week. In MY week.
Freedom's just another word for nothin left to loose. Nothin, don't mean nothin honey if it ain't free. And feelin good was easy, Lord, when he played the blues. You know feelin good was good enough for me, good enough for me and my Bobby McGee.
I 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.
On stage, I make love to 25,000 different people, then I go home alone.
She was electrifying. It was like she was channeling Bessie Smith or something.
One of my talking points will be the accident of geography.
because they're not what you call in the groove.
I feel, you know, I hurt, please help.' I'm saying words, man, and if I look at an audience and they ain't understanding me, it's just like getting kicked in the teeth.
Why should I hold back now and sound mediocre just so I can sound mediocre twenty years from now?
It's gonna be a long hard drag, but we'll make it
It's hard to be free but when it works, it' s worth it!
In my insides, it really hurts if someone doesn't like me. It's silly.