Latest Joan Jett Quotes from Interviews

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• It's just hard to look at yourself and guess how you're going to be perceived by other people sometimes. I do my best to let people know that I'm approachable, but I'm a human being just like anybody else. Sometimes people forget that. They forget that you're a person and they treat you like this celebrity thing. But I have to be patient with that, and I try to be.

  Joan Jett

  People, Trying, Looks

  Source: www.sfgate.com

• I fiercely protect my privacy. I just don't think it's everyone's business to know every little detail about my life. That's just the way I've handled myself.

  Joan Jett

  Thinking, Details, Littles

  Source: www.sfgate.com

• The thing that sometimes gets lost is people look at the harder edge of me ... the leather jacket and the tough rock 'n' roll attitude... and get the wrong impression that I'm mean. That's really something I don't want people to think because I don't think that's the case.

  Joan Jett

  Attitude, Mean, Thinking

  Source: www.sfgate.com

• I think the media has got into this Enquirer mentality. Years ago, legitimate press didn't really concern itself with sordid details of people's personal lives. That wasn't the focus. But also a lot of celebrities were bullied into revealing this breakup or tragedy or divorce or problem. They started to talk about it and the press just started to talk about people's private lives. That just seems to be the norm.

  Joan Jett

  Breakup, Divorce, Thinking

  Source: www.sfgate.com

• I went from a naive, regular girl in high school to trying to realize my dream. When my family moved from the East Coast to California, I thought in my little brain, "Wow, I'm going to Hollywood. I could actually make this happen." It was easier for me to think it's possible living in a place like Los Angeles than trying to do it in suburban Maryland.

  Joan Jett

  Girl, Dream, School

  Source: www.sfgate.com

• Fetish is a straight-up sex song.

  Joan Jett

  Song, Sex, Straight Up

  "Joan Jett Rumbles Back with 'Sinner'". "Day To Day" with Noah Adams, www.npr.org. July 26, 2006.

• There's nothing wrong with being single and not getting married and being, you know, just an old single lady. Who cares?

  Joan Jett

  Being Single, Who Cares, Married

  "Joan Jett Rumbles Back with 'Sinner'". "Day To Day" with Noah Adams, www.npr.org. July 26, 2006.

• A girl playing rock and roll, it's saying I own my sexuality and I'm going to tell you what I'm going to do. And I think people just find that threatening.

  Joan Jett

  Girl, Thinking, Rocks

  "Joan Jett Rumbles Back with 'Sinner'". "Day to Day" with Noah Adams and Alex Chadwick, www.npr.org. July 26, 2006.

• I don't wait till stage to use my sexuality. My zipper's down right now. I mean, I use it all the time.

  Joan Jett

  Mean, Zippers, Waiting

  "Joan Jett Rumbles Back with 'Sinner'". "Day to Day" with Noah Adams and Alex Chadwick, www.npr.org. July 26, 2006.

• 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?

  Joan Jett

  Mean, Rocks, Rock And Roll

  "Joan Jett Rumbles Back with 'Sinner'". "Day To Day" with Noah Adams, www.npr.org. July 26, 2006.

• It's hard to have a dialogue when you're name-calling.

  Joan Jett

  Names, Calling, Dialogue

  "Joan Jett Rumbles Back with 'Sinner'". "Day To Day" with Noah Adams, www.npr.org. July 26, 2006.

• 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

  Spiritual, Song, Sex

  "Joan Jett Rumbles Back with 'Sinner'". "Day to Day" with Noah Adams and Alex Chadwick, www.npr.org. July 26, 2006.

• I'm really happy doing what I'm doing. I'm not looking to do anything else. I love what I do. I love music. I love playing. I love touring.

  Joan Jett

  Music Love, I Love Music, Touring

• I don't pay attention. I don't read stuff or message boards because you definitely get affected. You can read a hundred great comments, amazing comments, and have one bad one and that is all you can focus on and it wrecks your day. It says something about negativity and how it draws us somehow.

  Joan Jett

  Focus, Negativity, Boards

  Reddit AMA, www.reddit.com. October 7, 2013.

• Egotistical people are not pretty. We all know that, I'm sure everybody knows an egotistical person someplace.

  Joan Jett

  People, Egotistical, Not Pretty

• The most important thing is being genuine, and real, and not getting caught up in the "Star-Ness" of it. You don't want to act like a star around other people. You have to watch it, and you want to stay grounded, it's very important, and that's probably what I have learned most because you definitely have opportunities to let your ego run wild and you have to keep your ego in check.

  Joan Jett

  Running, Stars, Real

  Reddit AMA, www.reddit.com. October 7, 2013.

• Something happens, you can't even put your finger on it, and then you don't quite feel the same way anymore. All of a sudden, there's fights or something and you are going "who is this person?" I've seen this happen to other people and it has happened to me.

  Joan Jett

  Fighting, People, Way

  Reddit AMA, www.reddit.com. October 7, 2013.

• Radio has changed, there was a little bit of difference around the country and now that is gone and everything is uniform. That is not the only place it's happening in music, there's a lot of consolidation.

  Joan Jett

  Country, Differences, Gone

  Reddit AMA, www.reddit.com. October 7, 2013.

• 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.

  Joan Jett

  Artist, Thinking, Talking

  Reddit AMA, www.reddit.com. October 7, 2013.

• Get a book, so you know where to put your fingers. Otherwise it would be tough to learn. Also you have to fight through getting callouses on your fingers because it hurts, you are pressing your fingers on metal strings, they will hurt at first until you start building up callouses.

  Joan Jett

  Hurt, Book, Fighting

• 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.

  Joan Jett

  Book, Play, Fire

  Reddit AMA, www.reddit.com. October 7, 2013.

• To reach the highest level you have to not just have a dream and focus but you also have to make sure you are writing great songs, and if you feel they're what you want to represent you, that is key. But getting out on the road is key. And get your music out there. Maybe something catches, maybe it gets picked up and used on television, you just never know.

  Joan Jett

  Dream, Song, Writing

  Reddit AMA, www.reddit.com. October 7, 2013.

• That's the sad thing about it, is that you don't know. And you certainly don't know when you quickly meet somebody. But even as you know somebody longer, it's really hard to know. Obviously you go on your gut feeling but that can be wrong too. ANd it's terrible to have to be wary about people, because it is not my nature, but I've been burned a few times and you just have to careful.

  Joan Jett

  People, Feelings, Goes On

  Reddit AMA, www.reddit.com. October 7, 2013.

• If it's just a pastime, keep doing it because it's relaxing and to blow off some steam. But if you're not sure if you want to do it, or you're thinking you can be famous, you shouldn't do it because you want to be famous. You have to do it because you love it and you want to play for people. And if that's what you want to do, then do it, but you can't go into it with that mindset of "we'll be in a band and we'll be famous."

  Joan Jett

  Thinking, Blow, Play

• You can never say never. I'm not sure if I even want to. I just don't know. Some of it is just not able to be reached, you can't remember some of it and the people that could help you remember have passed away. It might have to remain a remain.

  Joan Jett

  People, Want, Might

  Reddit AMA, www.reddit.com. October 7, 2013.