Guts Quote by Scott Simon

The intensity with which Janis Joplin sings, you simply can't find a singer like that. It's almost scary the amount of emotion and energy…

— Michael Wadleigh

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

— Arthur Lee

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

... Janis Joplin has one of the most distinguished female voices of the decade. It is a voice that has been aged in Southern…

— Al Aronowitz

I think no-one was surprised to hear that Janis Joplin was dead. She seemed to be living up all of her energy that she…

— Michael Wadleigh

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 adore Janis Joplin, who sixties herself to death.”

— Caitlin Moran

I think that there's a strong crossover in that Janis, studying the visual arts, was learning how to break it down into details and…

— Laura Joplin

... we weren't very professional; she could have gone to almost any town and put together a smoother ensemble, but we were pioneers, and…

— Sam Andrew

To her audience, Janis Joplin has remained a symbol, artifact and reminder of late Sixties youth culture. Her popularity never derived from her musical…

— Jon Landau

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

... shortly before she died Janis Joplin gave me the Gibson Hummingbird she recorded "Me and Bobbby McGee" on ... Janis was a good…

— Sam Andrew