Joan Jett Quotes

I had a blast doing the Warped Tour, but it's good to be home, for sure.

A lot of the touring stuff has become a drag. Traveling itself is a drag. Anyone who's been to an airport knows that.

I want to be singing to everybody, and I want everybody to think that I'm singing to them. Guys, girls and everyone in between.

Rock 'n' roll music is what gets me off.

I love to engage with people who come to see us.

Pop music is not a threatening style of music.

I 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 music

When I came back to it, we amicably separated from Warner Bros. I just picked up where I left off, trying to write the rest of this record. It took awhile to get out.

Aggressive, tough and defiant may describe me, but that leaves the impression I'm mean and I'm not. People expect me to have fangs.

So now 20 years later people want us to get together so they can take shots at all these old babes trying to get back some youth. I mean come on; I've been there. I know what the press would do.

Def 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.

You know, I have a really tough time finding new bands.

Cutting meat out of your diet is the best thing you can do for animals and your own health.

Happiness doesn't necessarily lie in material things. You just have to put yourself in a position to be happy. If you can do what you love for a living, that's a good start.

The Runaways' audience was 90 percent male. That was kind of depressing...Why don't women-our own gender-come out and support us?

I don't like to say where I'll be in 10 years.

I've done some acting and a lot of different things, but mostly it's the music.

The better your base is, and the more you know from experience, the better off you'll be when you try and make the big move.

Being onstage is everything thats good about life.

I 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.

I left my family, and I left my brother and sister, and I went and lived my dream. I saw everybody, but is it ever enough?

I 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.

I'm not necessarily intimidated by really jocky guys. I can talk football with them, you know what I mean?

I like to hang out with my friends. I love music. I like to go to the movies. I like to eat. I like to cook.

I'd like to just be a little bit more open to making mistakes and not worrying about it so much.

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

I consider that success for anything, whether it's being a musician or a writer. As long as you can support yourself, you're successful. People need to change their idea of what success is.

I leave for the show at least an hour ahead, and I do some vocal warm-ups, and that's pretty much it.

I've been able to do a lot of things a lot of people haven't, that other people would dream of. I've been able to live out my fantasies, and dreams! So, I'm real lucky.

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

We were really grown up for our age and it was an incredible special band.

I think it's important to have mystique.

I learned how to scream from Marc Bolan.

Disharmony is natural in any band.

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

When I met you you were oh so sweet, now you give me the bread and you take all the meat.

I 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 how to play guitar.

I know music is subjective.

I tend to keep my private life private. I think it's important to have mystique. It's important to keep people thinking and guessing, and you want everyone to think you're singing to them.

A lot of the songs I've recorded are songs I write.

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

I've been doing this stuff for so long it's the one aspect of my life that I've paid attention to and really sort of not paid attention to the rest of it.

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

I have a tough time judging myself.

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.

Only 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.

I love school. I was a great student.

I was in drama, wanted to be an actor.

I'm not a list person.

I plan to stay in music. I plan to keep making records.