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“I read a story about some old opera singer once, and when a guy asked her to marry him, she took him backstage after she had sung a real triumph, with all the people calling for her, asked, 'Do you think you could give me that?' That story hit me right, man. I know no guy ever made me feel as good as an audience. I'm really far into this now, really committed. Like, I don't think I'd go off the road for long now, for life with a guy no matter how good. Yeah, it's the truth. Scary thing to say though, isn't it?”

Quote by Janis Joplin

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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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