“Some months after Janis died, I had a dream. It was at the end of a concert. Janis came off stage and I was waiting for her. She said, ‘Was I okay?’ with that little-girl uncertainty of hers, and I said, ‘You were great.’ I hugged her. It was incredibly vivid. I woke up with a ball of emotion inside me, and I felt that Janis had visited me from the grave. She wasn’t just asking if she did all right in the concert. She was asking about her life. And I was so glad to have a chance to reassure her. ‘You were great, Janis.’” — John Cooke