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The Runaways' audience was 90 percent male. That was kind of depressing...Why don't women-our own gender-come out and support us?

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Joan Jett
Age: 66
Born: 1958
Born: September 22
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Joan Marie Larkin
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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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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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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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Disharmony is natural in any band.
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I love school. I was a great student.
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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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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.
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The thing I get out of it is the connection. I remember going to shows as a kid and meeting eyes with the people in the band, and knowing they are meeting eyes with you, and that moment, that smile, and that's your moment. I want to create millions of little moments for other people.
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I think it's important to have mystique.
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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 lot of the songs I've recorded are songs I write.
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If you are having trouble making a chord, get a book, that is how I learned. There are guitar tuning apps so you can tune your guitar, and just learn how to play along with your records. And it's great to be able to play along with another musician. That is like trial by fire.
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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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It's hard to have a dialogue when you're name-calling.
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Well, I'll tell you, I don't know how aware teenagers are of me. I think it really depends on the teenager and how well-versed in music they are and what kind of music they like.
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I feel like it's my job to carry the torch.
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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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If you really believe in yourself, you cannot listen to other people.
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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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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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