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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?'
Joan Jett
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Joan Jett
Age: 65
Born: 1958
Born: September 22
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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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