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I think what people see in me is one slice of who I am. It does permeate my life in the sense that I don't like to be told what to do, or how to be, or how I can do it. But I'm probably a lot tamer than people would expect.

Joan Jett

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Joan Jett
Age: 66
Born: 1958
Born: September 22
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It's easier to sit there and say you don't like feminists because they don't have a sense of humor.
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Shaving my head was a millennium ritual, to not let it pass as just another New Year's Eve. A lot has happened to me in the last couple of years, personally and spiritually. I wanted to mark it for myself.
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I think it's important to have mystique.
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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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When you write songs you're commenting on love, you're commenting on sex, relationships, whatever it is that you decide to write about it. And I've wanted to write about politics or spiritual ideas for years.
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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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I know music is subjective.
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My parents taught me I could be anything in the world I wanted to be.
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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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Being the first is kind of dirty, and it's great
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People don't want to see women doing things they don't think women should do.
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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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Disharmony is natural in any band.
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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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A girl can do what she wants to do / And that's what I'm gonna do.
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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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