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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.

Joan Jett

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Joan Jett
Age: 65
Born: 1958
Born: September 22
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So now 20 years later people want us to get together so they can take shots at all these old babes trying to get back some youth. I mean come on I've been there. I know what the press would do.
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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 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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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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When I came back to it, we amicably separated from Warner Bros. I just picked up where I left off, trying to write the rest of this record. It took awhile to get out.
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We all make judgments on people, but some are much more brutal than others. It's easy to say, 'Ya know, I'm not crazy about what she's wearing,' but you don't have to be nasty about it, and you don't have to be public about 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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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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One of the mistakes I made was believing that the rock 'n' roll genre as a genre was much more free than the whole pop or R&B scene.
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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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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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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 love to engage with people who come to see us.
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I think it's what the times are demanding. If you're talking about the popular artists, they collaborate with a lot of different people and it seems to be in vogue now. It probably is indicative of the times.
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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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We always play clubs. It's not something that I feel above. Those are my favorite shows because they're intimate, they're tight, their sweaty, they're hot. You're close to the people. Those are my favorites.
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You got nothing to lose. You don't lose when you lose fake friends.
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Anyone who wants to know who I am can just read my lyrics - I've always written about who I am.
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I don't like to say where I'll be in 10 years.
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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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