13 ordspråk av Morgan Hallett
Morgan Hallett
All the letters are very different. She goes through a lot through the years she's writing these letters back home,
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But, generally, it's a lot about her struggles with being a singer and a trail blazer in an industry that didn't accept women and not used to women being as strong as she was.
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Her parents were fairly conservative and I don't think she was extremely explicit about love affairs or sexual affairs,
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I don't think she, deep down in her soul, wanted to be a sort of Mick Jagger and sleep with everybody, never settle down and have 800 kids all over the world. I think she actually did long for some stability.
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I suppose I'm the side of Janis that people don't know as opposed to the showman ... the singing Janis, the performer, ... It's monologue style.
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In the first interview, she talks about what Port Arthur was like,
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It's a tie between 'Bobby McGee' and 'Little Girl Blue.' 'Bobby McGee' is just an all-around terrific song - it just makes you feel good and has a lot of soul to it. 'Little Girl Blue' is an incredibly raw and moving song. The emotion is overwhelming.
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It's more about the spirit of Janis, the essence of her rather than the mirror image.
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Let's just say that when you put on those feathers it isn't hard. You just have to tap into the side of you that is screaming to jump out.
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No one up there is impersonating anybody,
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The first letter is basically her writing home saying 'I just got to San Francisco,'
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To do eight shows in a week for a singer, especially singing this kind of music - it's just too difficult, ... The stamina would not be there. It's loud and it's rough.
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What you hear about mostly is her experiences in San Francisco, ... But the letters definitely give you an idea about what her family is to her. It actually was a very loving family. Certainly not some broken home or abuse.
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