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

Categorized in : Kids Knowing Eye

Don’t let anyone tell you that you can’t do something. Make your own victories. Make your own mistakes.

inspirational-music victory mistake

Other people will call me a rebel, but I just feel like I'm living my life and doing what I want to do. Sometimes people call that rebellion, especially when you're a woman.

rebel want people

Girls have got balls. They're just a little higher up, that's all... by Joan Jett

Girls have got balls. They're just a little higher up, that's all.

girl littles funny

Just be yourself and everything will fall in line, the way it's supposed to be. If you're yourself, that's the best thing you can do, because you can never go "damn if I'd only been myself." Live an authentic life and you don't have to worry about your reputation.

being-yourself worry fall

Rock and roll by its nature is sexual. So girls playing rock and roll is saying to the world, "We own our sexuality." I think that pop music is sort of about "you can do what you want to me" kind of energy, while rock and roll is "I'm going to do what I want to you" kind of energy.

rock-and-roll girl thinking

I 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.

strength strong believe

A girl can do what she wants to do / And that's what I'm gonna do... by Joan Jett

A girl can do what she wants to do / And that's what I'm gonna do.

girl can-do want

I figured out it was a social thing, what women were allowed to do. At a very young age, I decided I was not going to follow women's rules.

social age young

Life is strong and fragile. It's a paradox... It's both things, like quantum physics: It's a particle and a wave at the same time. It all exists all together.

strong life-is together

I love rock and roll, so put another dime in the juke box, baby. by Joan Jett

I love rock and roll, so put another dime in the juke box, baby.

rock-and-roll rocks baby

I remember thinking that Janis Joplin sang like Mae West talked.... by Joan Jett

I remember thinking that Janis Joplin sang like Mae West talked. When I

brother heart thinking

People like to tear you down. People are always going to take sho... by Joan Jett

People like to tear you down. People are always going to take shots. You've just got to go for it.

shots tears people

You got nothing to lose. You don't lose when you lose fake friend... by Joan Jett

You got nothing to lose. You don't lose when you lose fake friends.

nothing-to-lose friends fake-people

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?

rock-and-roll rocks mean

Success isn't one straight line - it's a ladder, and there's always another rung above you to reach out for. Like anything else, there are ups and downs.

reach-out ladders lines

If you really believe in yourself, you cannot listen to other peo... by Joan Jett

If you really believe in yourself, you cannot listen to other people.

feeling-pretty believe people

You gotta not care about what people think in general about you. I'm not talking about bad stuff, if you're a nasty person, because I don't consider myself a mean person, I consider that I know what i want and I'm tough. But I'm very emotional and un-tough on a lot of levels, I cry very easily, I'm sensitive and I don't think that's a bad thing.

emotional mean thinking

I don't give a damn about my reputation. You're living in the pas... by Joan Jett

I don't give a damn about my reputation. You're living in the past, it's a new generation.

giving reality past

I'm concentrating on staying healthy, having peace, being happy, remembering what is important, taking in nature and animals, spending time reading, trying to understand the universe, where science and the spiritual meet.

stay-strong spiritual being-happy

God, I always just think of myself as a jeans and T-shirt kind of... by Joan Jett

God, I always just think of myself as a jeans and T-shirt kind of person.

jeans kind thinking