Janis Joplin in her apartment on Lyon Street in San Francisco, California in 1968.
Photograph courtesy of Jim Marshall.


It meant that eventually when she was in a nightclub in California and bumped into Bob Dylan, she had a clear enough image of herself and her future that the words that came out now rang immortal. Amongst the haze, she pulled The Bard to the side and said to him, “Bob, I just love you. I’m gonna be famous someday.” After taking in her words, Dylan responded in the only way he ever could, “Yeah, we’re all gonna be famous.”

Janis Joplin Kitchen, San Francisco, 1969
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