Joan JettYou want to have butterflies in your stomach, because if you don't, if you walk out onstage complacent, that's not a good thing. ✨ Twitter post from Sep 25, 2013372Reflection
Joan JettThe 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 goin… ▶361HumanityHumor
Joan JettI've done some acting and a lot of different things, but mostly it's the music.373Reflection
Joan JettI 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. ✨ Joan Jett: What I've Learned. Int… ▶373HumanityThoughtTruth
Joan JettI do not knowingly kill any living thing - including insects or rodents - and I thank my food for sustaining me.362Life
Joan JettDef Leppard is obviously a different band that we are, but the music work well tighter. And the audiences seem work well together too. We are opening, but we're having a good time.374DeathTime
Joan JettI 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… ▶341Truth
Joan JettI bought one of those Learn How to Play Guitar Chords By Yourself and it shows you the diagram where to put your hands and I took that in my room, sat with my singles and learned … ▶321Humanity
Joan JettOnly because The Runaways were my baby and there's no reason to get it back together except to totally have fun. If that's not the goal, then I don't want to do it.322Death
Joan JettA lot of people ask me why I don't expand and explore other musical areas, but I like the plain three- and four-chord rock-and-roll that I call the the semi-blues.344Humanity
Joan JettI'm not necessarily intimidated by really jocky guys. I can talk football with them, you know what I mean?366Time
Joan JettI leave for the show at least an hour ahead, and I do some vocal warm-ups, and that's pretty much it. ✨ Women in Music: Joan Jett. Interview With Candice Rainey, www.elle.co… ▶344Reading
Joan JettMy job is intense. It's very physical.345Death
Joan JettRecord stores are the backbone of the recorded music culture. It's where we go to network, browse around, and find new songs to love. The stores whose staff live for music have sp… ▶345LoveReading
Joan JettPeople are very sincere in their praise, and you can't take it lightly.291Humanity
Joan JettI 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.313Thought
Joan JettA girl can do what she wants to do / And that's what I'm gonna do. ✨ Song: Bad Reputation, Album: Bad Reputation379Reading
Joan JettI wouldn't say no to other kinds of musical opportunities. I guess that it just depends on what it was or what it required me to do, and if I felt that it compromised my own soul.336Humanity
Joan JettI'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.281Death
Joan JettI'm not a list person.336Truth
Joan JettObviously, some people are thick, and they're not gonna see what they don't want to see. ✨ The Onion interview, www.avclub.com. February 25, 1998.3710Humanity
Joan JettI think what I'm going to do is get more balance in my life to still be able to go out and play the hard rock 'n' roll and do what I like to do in music369LifeThought
Joan JettBeing the first is kind of dirty, and it's great325Life
Joan JettCutting meat out of your diet is the best thing you can do for animals and your own health.337Death
Joan JettFor me the challenge isn't to be different but to be consistent.326Reading
Joan JettAggressive, tough and defiant may describe me, but that leaves the impression I'm mean and I'm not. People expect me to have fangs. ✨ Hairless Jett to tackle 'Rocky Hor… ▶337Humanity
Joan JettI hope one day people don't look at women like they're out of their minds when they want to pick up an instrument and play. And I think we're getting a lot closer to that.294HopeHumanityThought
Joan JettWe 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 abo… ▶306Humanity
Joan JettFactory 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, pl… ▶306Truth
Joan JettPop music is not a threatening style of music.273Philosophy