Quotes from Joan Jett

So it was out of necessity that Blackheart was born. I think it's great that now, 25 years later, we're not only putting out our own music, but are able to put out music by other bands. That's really exciting for us.

I had a blast doing the Warped Tour, but it's good to be home, for sure.

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

I know music is subjective.

Cutting meat out of your diet is the best thing you can do for animals and your own health.

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.

Def Leppard is obviously a different band that we are, but the music work well tighter. And the audiences seem work well together too. We are opening, but we're having a good time.

Blackheart Records being 25 years old represents staying power and the fact that we weren't able to get a record out through conventional means, so we had to create this record company to put out our records if we wanted to be a band that had records to give out to their fans.

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.

I've done some acting and a lot of different things, but mostly it's the music.

Well, I'll tell you, I don't know how aware teenagers are of me. I think it really depends on the teenager and how well-versed in music they are and what kind of music they like.

I sure saw a lot of kids that I'm sure didn't know a lot about us, or we were definitely new to them. The kids who came up to me afterward, we'd talk about music, sign a lot of autographs. So I'm sure we made a lot of new fans.

Women are still second-class citizens.

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

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

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.

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.

Why there aren't people out there willing to have fun playing rock 'n' roll. I just don't get it.

Being onstage is everything thats good about life.

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.

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

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

I don't wait till stage to use my sexuality. My zipper's down right now. I mean, I use it all the time.

Women are still second-class citizens.