Janis Joplin quote-from interview w/ Sam

This music writer asked me if I sang from my diaphragm. I thought that was pretty funny since I been having a lot of trouble with one this week. The doctor showed me how to put it in but it's weird. If you hold it the wrong way it'll slip out of your fingers and sail across the room. I don't know where the fuck I sing from. I sing from my mouth, I guess. Yeah, that would be my theory on the whole matter. Anything's better than an IUD though. Those things hurt. It felt like I swallowed a rusty nail when I tried one of those. Every time I would try to shake anything on stage I could feel it stabbing me

 

That's hilarious. That's what I've always thought of when I've been told to sing from diaphragm.

 

the diaphram is a muscle that contracts so we can breathe and she got it confused with the birth control device... sexual orgasasms can be heightened through deeper breathing of the diaphram or so teach tantric yogis

i think scott joplin is her dad... she comes from an incredible musicologistics family

 

Rob... the title of your post says "from interview with Sam". Can you point me to the source or give me more information about who "Sam" is....

Thanks...

 

Yes-Sam Andrews was and still is the lead guitar player from Big Brother and The Holding Co-He was in the original group and went with Janis when she joined the Full Tilt Boogey Band-You can read his writings and alot more at their website-BBHC.COM-