Partly, I like a bad reputation. But I also want a reputation of being a good person. Joan Jett More Quotes by Joan Jett More Quotes From Joan Jett In pop music, you say, 'You can do what you want to me.' Rock 'n' roll says, 'I'm gonna do what I want to you.' Joan Jett rock-n-rollrockswant I don't really care if you think I'm strange--I ain't gonna change! Joan Jett strangecarethinking 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 fightingpeopleway I think there's nothing better than seeing a three-chord straight up rock 'n' roll band in your face with sweaty music and three minute good songs. Joan Jett rockssongthinking The only good thing you ever said was goodbye. Joan Jett good-thingsgoodbyefriendship My guitar is not a thing. It is an extension of myself. It is who I am. Joan Jett personaguitarwho-i-am Being the first is kind of dirty, and it's great Joan Jett kinddirtyfirsts I don't know if I get recognized necessarily, though I do get looked at a lot - but I don't know if it's because of who I am, or if people just think I look weird. Joan Jett who-i-ampeoplethinking I wanted to be an actor, an astrologer, an astronaut; a lot of different things were going through my mind. But I also wanted to play guitar. I mentioned to my parents that I wanted an electric guitar for Christmas. They got me one! I sat there all Christmas morning making a lot of loud horrible noise. Joan Jett guitarplaymorning Women are still second-class citizens. Joan Jett citizensstillsclass At this point, a lot of people have made their mind up about me one way or another. I'm sure there's a certain segment of writers who won't ever give me the time of day, hate me, don't get me, don't think I'm good, or whatever. I guess that's fine. It's only an opinion. There are other people who do get it, and can be objective. I could be wrong, but a lot of people, except for really young people, have made up their minds one way or the other. Joan Jett hatepeoplethinking My parents taught me I could be anything in the world I wanted to be. Joan Jett parentingtaughtworld 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 guitarmediagirl I'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. Joan Jett strugglefunbelieve 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 i-love-musictouringmusic-love Vegan With A Vengeance is on my kitchen shelf. This fun and creative book is delicious for people like me, who don’t eat pets. Joan Jett funbookpeople Nobody knows what anticipation is anymore. Everything is so immediate. Joan Jett nobody-knowsanticipationknows If you are gonna live your life, just try to not be crazy, have fun but have some focus and some purpose and try to know what that is. If you don't know now, try to figure it out. Joan Jett focuscrazyfun 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. Joan Jett guygirlthinking That was exactly why people didn't want to give us any kind of life, because we were threatening their status quo, and they just didn't want to have room for girls playing rock 'n' roll. It bothered them. First, people just tried to get around it by saying, "Oh, wow, isn't that cute? Girls playing rock 'n' roll!," and when we said, "Yeah, right, this isn't a phase; it's what we want to do with our lives," it became, "Oh! You must be a bunch of sluts. You dykes, you whores." That's what it became. Then it became a name-calling contest. Joan Jett girlnamescute
