As a singer, Janis Joplin always gave everything ... When she got that original version, it blew her mind." But Joplin herself said her parents did not encourage her to sing at all: "Oh, no ...

She was encouraged by her parents to voice her opinions ... George-Warren ends “Janis” with something Joplin said to singer Bonnie Bramlett. “In 1970, Janis acknowledged, with a new ...

After all, Janis Joplin's time in the rock 'n' roll spotlight ... Janis' first creative mentors, her parents, had different musical tastes, Laura notes. "Our father was deeply into classical ...

"They'd seen their parents living a risk-averse lifestyle and Janis was desperate to avoid a life which would be diminished in the way theirs had been. Getty Images Janis Joplin and Big Brother ...

Mary Bridget Davies was playing Janis Joplin long before she stepped on stage as the legendary Pearl at the Cleveland Play House's Allen Theatre. As a little girl, she jumped onto her parents ...

but Janis was never going to do anything that her parents didn’t approve of, other than sing.” Pressed to characterize their relationship nearly 50 years after Joplin’s death, Caserta said ...