You want to have butterflies in your stomach, because if you don't, if you walk out onstage complacent, that's not a good… — Joan Jett Copy Share Image
Obviously, some people are thick, and they're not gonna see what they don't want to see. — Joan Jett Copy Share Image
I want to be singing to everybody, and I want everybody to think that I'm singing to them. Guys, girls and everyone… — Joan Jett Copy Share Image
Partly, I like a bad reputation. But I also want a reputation of being a good person. — Joan Jett Copy Share Image
I love sports. I love animals. I love kids. I want to save the world. So how do I combine all those… — Joan Jett Copy Share Image
Anyone who wants to know who I am can just read my lyrics - I've always written about who I am. — Joan Jett Copy Share Image
People don't want to see women doing things they don't think women should do. — Joan Jett Copy Share Image
You can never say never. I'm not sure if I even want to. I just don't know. Some of it is just… — Joan Jett Copy Share Image
Other people will call me a rebel, but I just feel like I'm living my life and doing what I want to… — Joan Jett Copy Share Image
I tend to keep my private life private. I think it's important to have mystique. It's important to keep people thinking and… — Joan Jett Copy Share Image
When you're singing songs about love and sex, you want everyone to think you're singing to them. Whether you're a boy, a… — Joan Jett Copy Share Image
So now 20 years later people want us to get together so they can take shots at all these old babes trying… — Joan Jett Copy Share Image
I hope one day people don't look at women like they're out of their minds when they want to pick up an… — Joan Jett Copy Share Image
Only because The Runaways were my baby and there's no reason to get it back together except to totally have fun. If… — Joan Jett Copy Share Image
The thing I get out of it is the connection. I remember going to shows as a kid and meeting eyes with… — Joan Jett Copy Share Image
As a kid, in the Runaways, I would see the interviewers start to ask about our personal lives and what we did… — Joan Jett Copy Share Image
If it's just a pastime, keep doing it because it's relaxing and to blow off some steam. But if you're not sure… — Joan Jett Copy Share Image
You gotta not care about what people think in general about you. I'm not talking about bad stuff, if you're a nasty… — Joan Jett Copy Share Image
The thing that sometimes gets lost is people look at the harder edge of me ... the leather jacket and the tough… — Joan Jett Copy Share Image
Rock and roll by its nature is sexual. So girls playing rock and roll is saying to the world, "We own our… — Joan Jett Copy Share Image
The most important thing is being genuine, and real, and not getting caught up in the "Star-Ness" of it. You don't want… — Joan Jett Copy Share Image
That was exactly why people didn't want to give us any kind of life, because we were threatening their status quo, and… — Joan Jett Copy Share Image
In pop music, you say, 'You can do what you want to me.' Rock 'n' roll says, 'I'm gonna do what I… — Joan Jett Copy Share Image
Beyond just writing about falling in love and out of love and wanting to do certain things and going out and partying… — Joan Jett Copy Share Image
I think I was born strong-willed. That's not the kind of thing you can learn. The advantage is, you stick to what… — Joan Jett Copy Share Image
Performance-wise, you really need to be down in the trenches; you need to do the hard work, for a lot of reasons:… — Joan Jett Copy Share Image
To reach the highest level you have to not just have a dream and focus but you also have to make sure… — Joan Jett Copy Share Image
As a kid, in the Runaways, I would see the interviewers start to ask about our personal lives and what we did — and… — Joan Jett Copy Share Image
When I met you you were oh so sweet, now you give me the bread and you take all the meat. — Joan Jett Copy Share Image
When I came back to it, we amicably separated from Warner Bros. I just picked up where I left off, trying to write the… — Joan Jett Copy Share Image
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… — Joan Jett Copy Share Image
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… — Joan Jett Copy Share Image
Only because The Runaways were my baby and there's no reason to get it back together except to totally have fun. If that's not… — Joan Jett Copy Share Image
The thing that sometimes gets lost is people look at the harder edge of me ... the leather jacket and the tough rock 'n'… — Joan Jett Copy Share Image
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… — Joan Jett Copy Share Image
