Janis Joplin
AKA
The Queen of Psychedelic Soul
BORN: Janis Lyn Joplin
1943-01-19
1970-10-04
BIOGRAPHY
She was an American singer and musician. One of the most successful and widely known female rock stars of her era, she was noted for her powerful mezzo-soprano vocals and “electric” stage presence.
Joplin died of a heroin overdose in 1970, at the age of 27, after releasing three albums (two with Big Brother and the Holding Company and one solo album). A second solo album, Pearl, was released in January 1971, just over three months after her death. It reached number one on the Billboard charts. She was posthumously inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1995. Rolling Stone ranked Joplin number 46 on its 2004 list of the 100 Greatest Artists of All Time and number 28 on its 2008 list of 100 Greatest Singers of All Time. She remains one of the top-selling musicians in the United States, with Recording Industry Association of America certifications of 18.5 million albums sold.
QUOTES
- “On stage I make love to 25,000 people; and then I go home alone.”
- “Don't compromise yourself. You're all you've got.”
- “I'm one of those regular weird people.”
- “Being an intellectual creates a lot of questions and no answers.”
- “Tomorrow never happens. It’s all the same fucking day, man.”
- “You can destroy your now by worrying about tomorrow.”
- “I just want to feel as much as I can, it’s what soul is all about.”
- "Freedom's just another word for nothing left to lose."
- “You are what you settle for. You are only as much as you settle for”
- “You know you've got it, if it makes you feel good.”
