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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.

Joan Jett

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Joan Jett
Age: 66
Born: 1958
Born: September 22
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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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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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People don't want to see women doing things they don't think women should do.
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So it was out of necessity that Blackheart was born. I think it's great that now, 25 years later, we're not only putting out our own music, but are able to put out music by other bands. That's really exciting for us.
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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 don't really care if you think I'm strange--I ain't gonna change!
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Even though everybody's lives are different, in general we're all human beings, and we go through the same things: disappointments, the pleasures of life, life and death. That's always been a really big part of the show to me, making sure the audience feels connected, and that carries through to the album.
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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 don't know if I miss it per se, but I do miss the fact that there just doesn't seem to be any rock 'n' roll out there anyplace. Everything does seem kind of tame. It's even hard in Manhattan to go out and find a good band to go see.
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Happiness doesn't necessarily lie in material things. You just have to put yourself in a position to be happy. If you can do what you love for a living, that's a good start.
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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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My parents taught me I could be anything in the world I wanted to be.
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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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Disharmony is natural in any band.
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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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You want to have butterflies in your stomach, because if you don't, if you walk out onstage complacent, that's not a good thing.
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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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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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Partly, I like a bad reputation. But I also want a reputation of being a good person.
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Just be yourself and everything will fall in line, the way it's supposed to be. If you're yourself, that's the best thing you can do, because you can never go damn if I'd only been myself. Live an authentic life and you don't have to worry about your reputation.
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