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
All my life I just wanted to be a beatnik. Meet all the heavies, get stoned, get laid, have a good time. That's all I ever wanted. Except I knew I had a good voice and I could always get a couple of beers off of it. All of a sudden someone threw me in this rock 'n' roll band. They threw these musicians at me, man, and the sound was coming from behind. The bass was charging me. And I decided then and there that that was it. I never wanted to do anything else. It was better than it had been with any man, you know. Maybe that's the trouble.
I'm just doing what I wanted to and what feels right and not settling for bullshit and it worked. How can they be mad at that?
My business is to enjoy and have fun. And why not, if in the end everything will end, right?
I just want to feel as much as I can, it's what soul is all about.
It's not what isn't, it's what you wish was that makes unhappiness.
I'm one of those regular weird people.
On stage I make love to twenty five thousand people; and then I go home alone.
Why should I hold back now and sound mediocre, just so I can sound mediocre twenty years from now?
You are what you settle for. You are only as much as you settle for.
I think I think too much. That's why I drink!
You can feel all things at once, so why not wear all things at once?
I read a story about some old opera singer once, and when a guy asked her to marry him, she took him backstage after she had sung a real triumph, with all the people calling for her, asked, 'Do you think you could give me that?' That story hit me right, man. I know no guy ever made me feel as good as an audience. I'm really far into this now, really committed. Like, I don't think I'd go off the road for long now, for life with a guy no matter how good. Yeah, it's the truth. Scary thing to say though, isn't it?
You know you've got it, if it makes you feel good.
Oh Lord, won't you buy me a Mercedes Benz.