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Big Brother & The Holding Company: Do What You Love

Steve Roeser, Goldmine, 25 September 1998

"All of a sudden someone threw me in this rock 'n' roll band. They threw these musicians at me, man, and the sound was coming from behind...And I decided then and there that that was it. I never wanted to do anything else..."
– Janis Joplin, as quoted in David Dalton's book Piece Of My Heart: A Portrait Of Janis Joplin

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