Joan Jett famous quotes

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.
-- Joan Jett

#Strength #Strong #Believe

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.
-- Joan Jett

#Ladders #Lines #Reach Out

My guitar is not a thing. It is an extension of myself. It is who I am.
-- Joan Jett

#Guitar #Who I Am

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

#Morning #Guitar #Play

Being the first is kind of dirty, and it's great
-- Joan Jett

#Dirty #Firsts #Kind

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.
-- Joan Jett

#Moving #Trying #Bigs

My parents taught me I could be anything in the world I wanted to be.
-- Joan Jett

#Parenting #World #Taught

I think the one-on-one gigs connecting with the fans - is the most important thing. That will help build your fan base. They'll talk about you, and word spreads. Those things are just as important as knowing how to play an E chord.
-- Joan Jett

#Thinking #Play #Knowing

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.
-- Joan Jett

#Being Happy #Spiritual #Stay Strong

I know that sounds cliché, but mostly from my own experiences and things I see around me. We're all human beings, and a lot of the things I write about are pretty universal things.
-- Joan Jett

#Writing #Sound #Humans

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

#Mistake #Victory #Inspirational Music

I think what people see in me is one slice of who I am. It does permeate my life in the sense that I don't like to be told what to do, or how to be, or how I can do it. But I'm probably a lot tamer than people would expect.
-- Joan Jett

#Thinking #Who I Am #People

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

#Girl #Funny Inspirational #Balls

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.
-- Joan Jett

#Girl #Thinking #Rocks

Girls see these defined roles they're supposed to follow in life, but when I was a young child, my parents told me I could be anything.
-- Joan Jett

#Girl #Children #Parent

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.
-- Joan Jett

#Lying #Materials #Position

For me the challenge isn't to be different but to be consistent.
-- Joan Jett

#Challenges #Different #Consistent

Obviously, the music and lyrics are in me, but if I let myself get in my own way, I do. I empty out and let it come, and then the music spirits take over.
-- Joan Jett

#Way #Spirit #Empty

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

#Friends #Fake People #Nothing To Lose

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

#Airports #Stuff #Touring

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

#Dumb #Feelings #Singing

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.
-- Joan Jett

#Successful #Ideas #Long

Disharmony is natural in any band.
-- Joan Jett

#Band #Natural #Disharmony

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

#Years

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.
-- Joan Jett

#People #Rebel #Want

Rock 'n' roll music is what gets me off.
-- Joan Jett

#Music #Rocks #Rock N Roll

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

#Kids #Eye #Knowing

The only good thing you ever said was goodbye.
-- Joan Jett

#Friendship #Goodbye #Good Things

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

#Cute #Girl #Rocks

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

#Thinking #Jeans #Kind

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 have made up their minds one way or the other.
-- Joan Jett

#Hate #Thinking #People

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

#Funny #Dream #Careers

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.
-- Joan Jett

#Thinking #People #Singing

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

#Song #Thinking #Rocks