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Don’t let anyone tell you that you can’t do something. Make your own victories. Make your own mistakes.

Joan Jett

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Joan Jett
Age: 66
Born: 1958
Born: September 22
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Philadelphia
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We all make judgments on people, but some are much more brutal than others. It's easy to say, 'Ya know, I'm not crazy about what she's wearing,' but you don't have to be nasty about it, and you don't have to be public about it.
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God, I always just think of myself as a jeans and T-shirt kind of person.
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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 bought one of those Learn How to Play Guitar Chords By Yourself and it shows you the diagram where to put your hands and I took that in my room, sat with my singles and learned how to play guitar.
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I've done some acting and a lot of different things, but mostly it's the music.
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I learned how to scream from Marc Bolan.
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I love school. I was a great student.
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I think it's important to have mystique.
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A lot of people would say well that's not a bad reputation. you sound like a pussy and I would say yea. but I am passionate about music and being taken seriously about my music, so if you're going to mess with that, we have a problem.
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We always play clubs. It's not something that I feel above. Those are my favorite shows because they're intimate, they're tight, their sweaty, they're hot. You're close to the people. Those are my favorites.
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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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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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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 grew up in a world that told girls they couldn't play rock 'n' roll.
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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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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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It's hard to have a dialogue when you're name-calling.
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Egotistical people are not pretty. We all know that, I'm sure everybody knows an egotistical person someplace.
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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 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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