Joan Jett quotes

Joan Jett is an American musician, singer, songwriter, and producer, widely regarded as the "Queen of Rock 'n' Roll." Her work with Joan Jett & the Blackhearts brought rock anthems like "I Love Rock 'n Roll" to international fame. She continues to inspire generations with her powerful stage presence and trailblazing role for women in rock music. Here are 90 of her quotes:

You don't lose when you lose fake friends.

Joan Jett

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

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

Joan Jett

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.

Joan Jett

People don't want to see women doing things they don't think women should do.

Joan Jett

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

Joan Jett

Nobody knows what anticipation is anymore. Everything is so immediate.

Joan Jett

Disharmony is natural in any band.

Joan Jett

It's easier to sit there and say you don't like feminists because they don't have a sense of humor.

Joan Jett

So now 20 years later people want us to get together so they can take shots at all these old babes trying to get back some youth. I mean come on; I've been there. I know what the press would do.

Joan Jett

I know music is subjective.

Joan Jett

You know I don't care if the world thinks I'm smart or not.

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

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

Anyone who wants to know who I am can just read my lyrics - I've always written about who I am.

Joan Jett

I've always got something to say.

Joan Jett

One of the mistakes I made was believing that the rock 'n' roll genre as a genre was much more free than the whole pop or R&B scene.

Joan Jett

Twenty years ago I thought: "What's the difference between eating a bloody steak and killing my dog, slitting him open and roasting him?" I've always loved animals but it was around the late 80s that I realised I had to go vegetarian. A lot of things converged in my life then – musically, emotionally – but mainly it was my love of animals and spending so much time touring that made me decide I had to change my diet. In the Runaways we used to eat a ton of junk food. So something had to give.

Joan Jett

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

Before I settled on music, I wanted to be an archaeologist, an astronaut, all sorts of really diverse things.

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

I really wanted it to be organic and coming from my heart. So, I think maybe the initial thought of wanting to go in that direction, I had to wait until things happened in our world and in our country that fired me up enough where the words came out organically.

Joan Jett