Janis Joplin: 'Who You Are Is What You Settle For, You Know?'
For Janis Joplin authentic rock and roll country blues was a great ride while it lasted. She loved being famous (sweet revenge on her high school tormentors). She knew she'd seized the moment even if it ended unexpectedly soon and in pain. But the 60s were like that.
Ronald Tiersky, ContributorEastman professor of political science emeritus, Amherst College