Little girl blue

'Little girl blue, with the floppy hats and the brave attempt to be one of the guys. She took a little piece of all of us with her when she went. She was beautiful. That's not corny. It's true.'

'Ralph J. Gleason, remembering Janis Joplin in Another Candle Blown Out, October 29, 1970. From The Rolling Stone Rock 'n' Roll Reader, edited by Ben Fong-Torres, 1974.