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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.
Joan Jett
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Joan Jett
Age: 66
Born: 1958
Born: September 22
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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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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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Radio has changed, there was a little bit of difference around the country and now that is gone and everything is uniform. That is not the only place it's happening in music, there's a lot of consolidation.
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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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I'm having fun opening up. Sort of struggling to get the audience into it. It's good. It makes you fight. Not fight like antagonistic. But fight for what you believe.
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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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Partly, I like a bad reputation. But I also want a reputation of being a good person.
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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 consider that success for anything, whether it's being a musician or a writer. As long as you can support yourself, you're successful. People need to change their idea of what success is.
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