I don't give a damn about my reputation. You're living in the past, it's a new generation. Joan Jett More Quotes by Joan Jett More Quotes From Joan Jett The thing I get out of it is the connection. I remember going to shows as a kid and meeting eyes with the people in the band, and knowing they are meeting eyes with you, and that moment, that smile, and that's your moment. I want to create millions of little moments for other people. Joan Jett eyeknowingkids I remember times when I was at shows and the person onstage locked eyes with me. And in that moment, everything was right with the world. I think that's part of my job, to create these thousands of moments every night. And for the rest of their life, they can say, 'You guys looked at me,' or 'You sweated on me,' or 'I got your gum.' Joan Jett eyejobsnight I started The Runaways with Sandy West. We shared the dream of girls playing rock and roll. Sandy was an exuberant and powerful drummer. So underrated, she was the caliber of John Bonham. I am overcome from the loss of my friend. I always told her, we changed the world. Joan Jett girlpowerfuldream People don't want to see women doing things they don't think women should do. Joan Jett womenpeoplethinking 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 zipperswaitingmean 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 rocksgirlthinking Can't break free from the things that you do. I wanna walk, but I run back to you, that's why I hate myself for loving you. Joan Jett loving-youhaterunning Obviously, some people are thick, and they're not gonna see what they don't want to see. Joan Jett thickwantpeople 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 meat-industryenvironmentalcar 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-singlewho-caresmarried 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 singingdumbfeelings Rock 'n' roll music is what gets me off. Joan Jett rock-n-rollrocksmusic I grew up in a world that told girls they couldn't play rock 'n' roll. Joan Jett rocksgirlplay 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 dreamtalkingfunny Before I settled on music, I wanted to be an archaeologist, an astronaut, all sorts of really diverse things. Joan Jett archaeologistsastronautwanted For me the challenge isn't to be different but to be consistent. Joan Jett consistentdifferentchallenges 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. Joan Jett clothespeoplethinking Well you know I've been in that place too where you worry about what everybody thinks of you, am I popular, do people care, are they looking at me, all that stuff. That's a drag, man. Having to worry about fitting in, am I cool enough to ANYTHING. Joan Jett menpeoplethinking Egotistical people are not pretty. We all know that, I'm sure everybody knows an egotistical person someplace. Joan Jett not-prettyegotisticalpeople 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 goes-onfeelingspeople
