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Partly, I like a bad reputation. But I also want a reputation of being a good person.

Joan Jett

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Joan Jett
Age: 66
Born: 1958
Born: September 22
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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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Being onstage is everything thats good about life.
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Women play cellos and violins in symphony orchestras. They're playing Beethoven and Bach. What do you mean they can't play rock and roll?
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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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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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You follow any family around, you're going to see elation, you're going to see disharmony.
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I don't really care if you think I'm strange--I ain't gonna change!
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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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Girls see these defined roles they're supposed to follow in life, but when I was a young child, my parents told me I could be anything.
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Shaving my head was a millennium ritual, to not let it pass as just another New Year's Eve. A lot has happened to me in the last couple of years, personally and spiritually. I wanted to mark it for myself.
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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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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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So it was out of necessity that Blackheart was born. I think it's great that now, 25 years later, we're not only putting out our own music, but are able to put out music by other bands. That's really exciting for us.
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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.
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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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Being the first is kind of dirty, and it's great
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I consider that success for anything, whether it's being a musician or a writer. As long as you can support yourself, you're successful. People need to change their idea of what success is.
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I learned how to scream from Marc Bolan.
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Well before I was in a band, I wanted to be everything from a vet, an astronaut, an archeologist was a big one. It could be very wide-ranging because I had a lot of different interests including music so I'm very happy where I wound up.
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I love school. I was a great student.
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