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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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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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If you really believe in yourself, you cannot listen to other people.
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It's easier to sit there and say you don't like feminists because they don't have a sense of humor.
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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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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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The only good thing you ever said was goodbye.
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Disharmony is natural in any band.
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I left my family, and I left my brother and sister, and I went and lived my dream. I saw everybody, but is it ever enough?
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My parents taught me I could be anything in the world I wanted to be.
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A lot of the songs I've recorded are songs I write.
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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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I think what people see in me is one slice of who I am. It does permeate my life in the sense that I don't like to be told what to do, or how to be, or how I can do it. But I'm probably a lot tamer than people would expect.
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When you write songs you're commenting on love, you're commenting on sex, relationships, whatever it is that you decide to write about it. And I've wanted to write about politics or spiritual ideas for years.
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I think the one-on-one gigs connecting with the fans - is the most important thing. That will help build your fan base. They'll talk about you, and word spreads. Those things are just as important as knowing how to play an E chord.
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The media says that equality for women has arrived, but if you look around, you still don't see girls playing guitars and having success with it.
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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.
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Something happens, you can't even put your finger on it, and then you don't quite feel the same way anymore. All of a sudden, there's fights or something and you are going who is this person? I've seen this happen to other people and it has happened to me.
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Don’t let anyone tell you that you can’t do something. Make your own victories. Make your own mistakes.
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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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The better your base is, and the more you know from experience, the better off you'll be when you try and make the big move.
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