Quotes from Joan Jett


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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.


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.


You know I don't care if the world thinks I'm smart or not.


It's easier to sit there and say you don't like feminists because they don't have a sense of humor.


I love sports. I love animals. I love kids. I want to save the world. So how do I combine all those things? I don't know.


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.


I feel like it's my job to carry the torch.


People like to tear you down. People are always going to take shots. You've just got to go for it.


Anyone who wants to know who I am can just read my lyrics - I've always written about who I am.


Life is strong and fragile. It's a paradox... It's both things, like quantum physics: It's a particle and a wave at the same time. It all exists all together.


When you're onstage and the audience is smiling and singing and bopping along and you're all on the same level, it's the best feeling in the world. It may sound dumb and corny to say it, but it's like pure love.


I'm concentrating on staying healthy, having peace, being happy, remembering what is important, taking in nature and animals, spending time reading, trying to understand the universe, where science and the spiritual meet.


If you really believe in yourself, you cannot listen to other people.


I think I was born strong-willed. That's not the kind of thing you can learn. The advantage is, you stick to what you believe in and rarely get pushed out of what you want to do.


For me the challenge isn't to be different but to be consistent.


People don't want to see women doing things they don't think women should do.


I think there's nothing better than seeing a three-chord straight up rock 'n' roll band in your face with sweaty music and three minute good songs.


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.


You got nothing to lose. You don't lose when you lose fake friends.


Nobody knows what anticipation is anymore. Everything is so immediate.