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 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.
Don't you know that you're nothing more than a one night stand?
Maybe my audiences can enjoy my music more if they think I'm destroying myself.
Don't compromise your self, you're all you got.
After they see me, when their mothers are feeding them all that cashmere sweater and girdle ----- [expletive deleted by the New York Times], maybe they'll have a second thought - that they can be themselves and win.
I believe the only people who truly experience and test the application of equality are twins.
I would trade all my tomorrow's for one single yesterday.
Don't go looking for Mr. Right. Look for Mr. Right Now.
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.
You know why we're stuck with the myth that only black people have soul? Because white people don't let themselves feel things.
You got to get it while you can.
I started singing rhythmically, and now I'm learning from Otis Redding to push a song instead of just sliding over it
I'd rather not sing than sing quiet.
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.