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Beyond just writing about falling in love and out of love and wanting to do certain things and going out and partying and all the things that I grew up writing about, I want to write about deeper things.

Joan Jett

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Joan Jett
Age: 66
Born: 1958
Born: September 22
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Success isn't one straight line - it's a ladder, and there's always another rung above you to reach out for. Like anything else, there are ups and downs.
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Def Leppard is obviously a different band that we are, but the music work well tighter. And the audiences seem work well together too. We are opening, but we're having a good time.
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I grew up in a world that told girls they couldn't play rock 'n' roll.
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I don't like to say where I'll be in 10 years.
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When I came back to it, we amicably separated from Warner Bros. I just picked up where I left off, trying to write the rest of this record. It took awhile to get out.
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If you are having trouble making a chord, get a book, that is how I learned. There are guitar tuning apps so you can tune your guitar, and just learn how to play along with your records. And it's great to be able to play along with another musician. That is like trial by fire.
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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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When I met you you were oh so sweet, now you give me the bread and you take all the meat.
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Happiness doesn't necessarily lie in material things. You just have to put yourself in a position to be happy. If you can do what you love for a living, that's a good start.
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I wouldn't say no to other kinds of musical opportunities. I guess that it just depends on what it was or what it required me to do, and if I felt that it compromised my own soul.
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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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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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A lot of the songs I've recorded are songs I write.
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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 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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You got nothing to lose. You don't lose when you lose fake friends.
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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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I think I look better in darker clothes. And maybe the fact that I wear black so much makes me more aware of putting people at ease.
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I had a blast doing the Warped Tour, but it's good to be home, for sure.
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