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Joan Jett

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Joan Jett
Age: 66
Born: 1958
Born: September 22
Actor
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Singer-Songwriter
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Philadelphia
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Joan Marie Larkin
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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.
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I feel like it's my job to carry the torch.
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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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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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Being onstage is everything thats good about life.
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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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The only good thing you ever said was goodbye.
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My parents taught me I could be anything in the world I wanted to be.
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I don't like to say where I'll be in 10 years.
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If you really believe in yourself, you cannot listen to other people.
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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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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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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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You got nothing to lose. You don't lose when you lose fake friends.
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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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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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Egotistical people are not pretty. We all know that, I'm sure everybody knows an egotistical person someplace.
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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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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 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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