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I feel like it's my job to carry the torch.
Joan Jett
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Joan Jett
Age: 65
Born: 1958
Born: September 22
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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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I tend to keep my private life private. I think it's important to have mystique. It's important to keep people thinking and guessing, and you want everyone to think you're singing to them.
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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 only good thing you ever said was goodbye.
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Other people will call me a rebel, but I just feel like I'm living my life and doing what I want to do. Sometimes people call that rebellion, especially when you're a woman.
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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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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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We were really grown up for our age and it was an incredible special band.
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Being onstage is everything thats good about life.
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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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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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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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I'd like to just be a little bit more open to making mistakes and not worrying about it so much.
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I know music is subjective.
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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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If you really believe in yourself, you cannot listen to other people.
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