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I won't quit to become someone's old lady.

Janis Joplin

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Janis Joplin
Age: 27 †
Born: 1943
Born: January 19
Died: 1970
Died: October 4
Composer
Guitarist
Musician
Recording Artist
Singer
Singer-Songwriter
Port Arthur
Texas
Janis Lyn Joplin
Pearl
Quitting
Lady
Someone
Become
Quit

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When everything is together - the band, me, the audience, it's boss! It's just like magic.
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