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
My father wouldn't get us a TV, he wouldn't allow a TV in the house.
Wait a minute, maybe I can do anything.
When everything is together - the band, me, the audience, it's boss! It's just like magic.
I read, I painted, I didn't hate niggers,
What we've had to do is learn to control success, put it in perspective, and not lose the essence of what we're doing - the music.
If someone comes along, gonna give you some love and affection, I say get it while you can.
Don't you know that you're nothing more than a one night stand?
I talk to the audience, look into their eyes. I need them and they need me.
I want a bigger band with higher highs, a bigger ladder. And I want more bottom - I want an incredible amount of bottom. I want more noise. When I do a rock tune I want it to be so HUGE...
As good as you've been to this world is as good as it's gonna be right back to you.
If you've got a today, don't wear it tomorrow. Tomorrow never happens. It's all the same day.
Gimme a pigfoot and a bottle of beer.
People, whether they know it or not, like their blues singers miserable. They like their blues singers to die afterwards.
In my insides, it really hurts if someone doesn't like me. It's silly.