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I figured out it was a social thing, what women were allowed to do. At a very young age, I decided I was not going to follow women's rules.
Joan Jett
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Joan Jett
Age: 65
Born: 1958
Born: September 22
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Joan Marie Larkin
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Partly, I like a bad reputation. But I also want a reputation of being a good person.
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The follow your dreams thing is really important because so many people are railroaded into taking other paths by their family, their friends, people who should be supportive going, 'What are you talking about?' Even just seemingly regular career paths, but if it's not what people expect for you they kind of react funny.
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The Runaways' audience was 90 percent male. That was kind of depressing...Why don't women-our own gender-come out and support us?
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Can't break free from the things that you do. I wanna walk, but I run back to you, that's why I hate myself for loving you.
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I tend to keep my private life private. I think it's important to have mystique. It's important to keep people thinking and guessing, and you want everyone to think you're singing to them.
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I feel like it's my job to carry the torch.
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A girl can do what she wants to do / And that's what I'm gonna do.
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I remember times when I was at shows and the person onstage locked eyes with me. And in that moment, everything was right with the world. I think that's part of my job, to create these thousands of moments every night. And for the rest of their life, they can say, 'You guys looked at me,' or 'You sweated on me,' or 'I got your gum.'
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A lot of the touring stuff has become a drag. Traveling itself is a drag. Anyone who's been to an airport knows that.
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If you are gonna live your life, just try to not be crazy, have fun but have some focus and some purpose and try to know what that is. If you don't know now, try to figure it out.
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The only good thing you ever said was goodbye.
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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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Well, I'll tell you, I don't know how aware teenagers are of me. I think it really depends on the teenager and how well-versed in music they are and what kind of music they like.
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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'm having fun opening up. Sort of struggling to get the audience into it. It's good. It makes you fight. Not fight like antagonistic. But fight for what you believe.
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One of the mistakes I made was believing that the rock 'n' roll genre as a genre was much more free than the whole pop or R&B scene.
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The thing I get out of it is the connection. I remember going to shows as a kid and meeting eyes with the people in the band, and knowing they are meeting eyes with you, and that moment, that smile, and that's your moment. I want to create millions of little moments for other people.
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In pop music, you say, 'You can do what you want to me.' Rock 'n' roll says, 'I'm gonna do what I want to you.'
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It's hard to have a dialogue when you're name-calling.
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