15 Quotes & Sayings By Joan Jett

Joan Jett is a rock and roll pioneer who has played in virtually every major rock band in the past 30 years, from The Runaways to Joan Jett and the Blackhearts. She was born in Queens, New York, but her family moved to Los Angeles when she was two years old. There she grew up hearing R&B and jazz records from her father's collection. In 1977 she joined the all-girl punk band The Runaways, later renamed Joan Jett and the Blackhearts Read more

After being dropped from the label due to a lack of promotion, a record deal with a small independent label, and a legal battle with their manager, she formed her own band in 1979 called Joan Jett and the Blackhearts. On January 7, 1983, Jett released her debut solo album, “I Love Rock n’ Roll” (aka "Bad Reputation"). It caught fire on radio and MTV and eventually sold over ten million copies worldwide.

It also featured hit singles "Crimson and Clover," "I Love Rock n' Roll," and "I Hate Myself for Loving You." The album won Jett a Grammy for Best New Artist and made her an international star. Her next solo album was Joan Jett & the Blackhearts (1984), which also sold millions of copies worldwide.

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It's easier to sit there and say you don't like feminists because they don't have a sense of humor. Joan Jett
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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. Joan Jett
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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. Joan Jett
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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. Joan Jett
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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. Joan Jett
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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. Joan Jett
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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. Joan Jett
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We were really grown up for our age and it was an incredible special band. Joan Jett
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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. Joan Jett
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People don't want to see women doing things they don't think women should do. Joan Jett
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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. Joan Jett
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Cutting meat out of your diet is the best thing you can do for animals and your own health. Joan Jett
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The follow your dreams thing is really important because so many people are railroaded into taking other paths by their family, their friends, people who should be supportive going, 'What are you talking about?' Even just seemingly regular career paths, but if it's not what people expect for you they kind of react funny. Joan Jett
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Factory farming is one of the biggest contributors to the most serious environmental problems. The meat industry causes more greenhouse gas emissions than all the cars, trucks, planes and ships in the world. Joan Jett