Joan Jett Quotes
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I know music is subjective.
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Only because The Runaways were my baby and there's no reason to get it back together except to totally have fun. If that's not the goal, then I don't want to do it.
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Things work in cycles.
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I'm not a list person.
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You know, I have a really tough time finding new bands.
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I love to engage with people who come to see us.
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I don't know if I get recognized necessarily, though I do get looked at a lot - but I don't know if it's because of who I am, or if people just think I look weird.
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I plan to stay in music. I plan to keep making records.
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I don't look good in beige.
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Rock 'n' roll music is what gets me off.
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I'm concentrating on staying healthy, having peace, being happy, remembering what is important, taking in nature and animals, spending time reading, trying to understand the universe, where science and the spiritual meet.
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Even though everybody's lives are different, in general we're all human beings, and we go through the same things: disappointments, the pleasures of life, life and death. That's always been a really big part of the show to me, making sure the audience feels connected, and that carries through to the album.
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I bought one of those Learn How to Play Guitar Chords By Yourself and it shows you the diagram where to put your hands and I took that in my room, sat with my singles and learned how to play guitar.
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You got nothing to lose. You don't lose when you lose fake friends.
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Nobody knows what anticipation is anymore. Everything is so immediate.
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I'd like to just be a little bit more open to making mistakes and not worrying about it so much.
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Performance-wise, you really need to be down in the trenches; you need to do the hard work, for a lot of reasons: To build yourself as a performer, to get a sense of the audience, to work hard and to wonder, 'Do I really want to do this?'
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I leave for the show at least an hour ahead, and I do some vocal warm-ups, and that's pretty much it.
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I sure saw a lot of kids that I'm sure didn't know a lot about us, or we were definitely new to them. The kids who came up to me afterward, we'd talk about music, sign a lot of autographs. So I'm sure we made a lot of new fans.
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My job is intense. It's very physical.
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I think it's important to have mystique.
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I grew up in a world that told girls they couldn't play rock 'n' roll.
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Other people will call me a rebel, but I just feel like I'm living my life and doing what I want to do. Sometimes people call that rebellion, especially when you're a woman.
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Anyone who wants to know who I am can just read my lyrics - I've always written about who I am.