Author Profile
Joan Jett
1958 • American • Musician
60
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Showing 60 quotesI 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
I'm not necessarily intimidated by really jocky guys. I can talk football with them, you know what I mean?— Joan Jett
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.— Joan Jett
And you have a record company behind it, this is a key too, you need people to fight for your records, at least a little bit. So if you have a great song, it's catchy, and you've got a little bit of help, I think that's all you need. But there hasn't been that in music.— Joan Jett
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.— Joan Jett
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?— Joan Jett
If you're secure in yourself, and even if you're not secure in yourself, you don't need to bully.— Joan Jett
A lot of people ask me why I don't expand and explore other musical areas, but I like the plain three- and four-chord rock-and-roll that I call the the semi-blues.— Joan Jett
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.— Joan Jett
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