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Quote by Janis Joplin

“If I hold back, I'm no good. I'm no good. I'd rather be good sometimes, than holding back all the time.”

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Janis Joplin was an influential American rock singer, known as one of the representatives of rock music in the 1970s. She had a unique musical style and a powerful, sandpaper-throated voice that had a profound impact on musicians of later generations. more

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