Her addictions to methamphetamine and alcohol were slowly destroying her, but so was the thought of staying in Texas. “You can destroy your now by worrying about tomorrow.” – Janis Joplin She had to go back home to Texas to recover, weighing in at just 88 pounds. She left for southern California and began working as a musician, but her early use of drugs and alcohol stalled her from getting too far.
She enrolled in college a couple of times but never finished- she was always drawn back to music. Once she graduated high school, Janis made a bunch of attempts to find where she belonged. She also developed her eclectic, messy style and knack for swearing in public. This is how she discovered blues music and gained her reputation as the tough chick who could out-sing and out-drink any of the guys. She made references to how hard it was having thousands of fans, but few people close to her.Įventually, she made friends with a group of other outcasts in the area. Janis hated Texas, and a lot of biographers believe her unhappy childhood left a life-long struggle with loneliness and self-acceptance. The other students humiliated her, and for a while she had no friends.
During her school days, she was bullied over her weight, acne, fashion sense, and her views on equality and sexuality. The community there was extremely conservative, and Janis grew up singing in the church.īut she never fit into the cultural climate there. Janis was born in 1943 in Port Arthur, Texas.
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