The artists that convinced Stevie Nicks to be a rock star: “I wanted to be like them”
The first real inspirations.
Janis Joplin
“I’m awfully sorry to be such a disappointment”: Janis Joplin’s heartbreaking letter to her parents in 1966
Written four days before her debut with Big Brother & the Holding Company.
The singer whose vocals Janis Joplin imitated to find her own voice: “I’d never sung before”
Greats admiring greats.
Spray paint and psychedelics: The comical theft of Janis Joplin’s Porsche
A misguided attempt at theft.
The two musicians Margot Robbie would love to play in a biopic: “I’m not musically gifted”
Could she pull them off?
“You are what you settle for”: Janis Joplin’s defiant battle against insecurity
“Girls want to be reassured.”