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My parents taught me I could be anything in the world I wanted to be.

Joan Jett

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Joan Jett
Age: 65
Born: 1958
Born: September 22
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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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A lot of people ask me why I don't expand and explore other musical areas, but I like the plain three- and four-chord rock-and-roll that I call the the semi-blues.
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I leave for the show at least an hour ahead, and I do some vocal warm-ups, and that's pretty much it.
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A lot of the songs I've recorded are songs I write.
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I think it's what the times are demanding. If you're talking about the popular artists, they collaborate with a lot of different people and it seems to be in vogue now. It probably is indicative of the times.
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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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I love to engage with people who come to see us.
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Being the first is kind of dirty, and it's great
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Disharmony is natural in any band.
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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 learned how to scream from Marc Bolan.
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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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If you really believe in yourself, you cannot listen to other people.
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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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Get a book, so you know where to put your fingers. Otherwise it would be tough to learn. Also you have to fight through getting callouses on your fingers because it hurts, you are pressing your fingers on metal strings, they will hurt at first until you start building up callouses.
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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?'
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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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People like to tear you down. People are always going to take shots. You've just got to go for it.
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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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A girl can do what she wants to do / And that's what I'm gonna do.
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