Sunday afternoon Quote by Joan Didion

“I adore Janis Joplin, who sixties herself to death.”

— Caitlin Moran

I was with Tina Turner when she first saw Janis Joplin, and she said to Janis, 'Honey, you can't continue to sing like that,…

— Michael Wadleigh

The late, great Janis Joplin could drink ten men under the table, then sing loud enough to shake the teeth out of their head.

— Shawn Amos

I remember thinking that Janis Joplin sang like Mae West talked. When I first heard the primal scream in 'Piece Of My Heart,' I…

— Joan Jett

I couldn't stand Janis Joplin's voice... she was just a screaming little loudmouthed chick.

— Arthur Lee

“Skylark sings all day, and day not long enough.”

— Bashō Matsuo

“Every great day has a story and a song!”

— Faith Reese Martin

“There were no violins or warning bells when I pulled the janitor’s theme off the top of the stack and set it before me,…

— Stephen King

“Backstage passes at a middle school choir concert. I hang with a crew who knows how to live.”

— Hannah Johnson

“Toph looks at me. I nod gravely. In this world, in our new world, there will be rocking. We will pay tribute to musicmakers…

— Dave Eggers

“Rock and roll, big band, the blues. He loved them all. He would close his eyes and with a blissful smile begin to move…

— Mitch Albom

“Everybody had his arms on everybody else’s shoulders, and they were all singing. Mike was sitting at the table with several men in their…

— Ernest Hemingway