Janis Quotes

I know about Woodstock probably as much as your average person who is over 30, where I'd know Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Grateful Dead.
Demetri Martin

Person, Grateful, Dead

You're never going to see the fat Elvis in me. People I admired like Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix and John Belushi all died at 27. I've got jeans older than that.
Jon Bon Jovi

Older, Fat, Died

I watched Janis one time - we opened for her - and that's the only time I ever saw her. We opened for Jimi Hendrix. I got to stand on the side of the stage and watch him for two hours and then he died. But I got the essence before they left.
Stevie Nicks

I didn't want to look like anyone else - like Janis Joplin or Grace Slick. That's why I never went to any of the big designers.
Stevie Nicks

Janis Joplin is definitely one of my biggest influences. She taught me how to feel music, and I don't think there's anyone like her that could bring such pain and emotion to a song.
LeAnn Rimes

Music, Pain, Her

To be honest, I've made a game out of trying to live through my James Dean, Janis Joplin, Freddie Prinze, Jim Morrison period, those demons that we all have that we're either successful or not at making work for us rather than destroy us.
Patrick Swayze

Work, Successful, Live

America? They had a good girl singer, Janis Joplin.
Maurice Gibb

Good, Girl, America

To her audience, Janis Joplin has remained a symbol, artifact and reminder of late Sixties youth culture. Her popularity never derived from her musical ability, but from her capacity to link her fantasies of freedom and immortality with ours.
Jon Landau

Freedom, Her, Youth

I remember my mom dressed like Janis Joplin.
Bryan White

Mom, Remember, Dressed

The quality of our lives is diminished every time we lose a great artist. It's a different world without Sam Cooke, Otis Redding, Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Jim Morrison, Curtis Mayfield, Brian Jones and the rest.
Steven Van Zandt

Time, Great, Different

I've always loved the blues, John Lee Hooker, Janis Joplin, Hendrix.
Eddie Money

Loved, Blues, Hendrix

My idols are Janis Joplin and Annie Lennox, who are neither of them from the typical pop culture.
Natalie Cole

Culture, Neither, Pop

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