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
I always wanted to be an artist, whatever that was, like other chicks want to be stewardesses. I read. I painted. I thought.
Don't go looking for Mr. Right. Look for Mr. Right Now.
I'm tired of all these hippie jack-offs
Oh, Lord, won't you buy me a Mercedes Benz - My friends all drive Porsches, I must make amends.
When I sing, I feel like when you're first in love. It's more than sex. It's that point two people can get to they call love, when you really touch someone for the first time, but it's gigantic, multiplied by the whole audience. I feel chills.
I started singing rhythmically, and now I'm learning from Otis Redding to push a song instead of just sliding over it
You got to get it while you can.
I'm not really thinking much... Just sort of, trying to feel.
If I hold back, I'm no good. I'm no good. I'd rather be good sometimes, than holding back all the time.
It's hard to be free but when it works, it's worth it!
I started out to be a person on the street, just like everybody else. I didn't start out to be a singer. But I got sort of swept up in this singing thing, and after I got involved in it it got really important to me if I was good or not.
The older the grapes, sweeter the wine.
Hippies believe the world could be a better place. Beatniks believe things aren’t going to get better and say the hell with it, stay stoned and have a good time.
Audiences like their blues singers to be miserable.