And it became more important to me than politics, more important to me than anything else in this society. 'Whoa! And then there was Chuck Berry! And then there was this whole thing. 'I never got over seeing Jailhouse Rock,' is one of the first things Kenny Laguna, who's managed Joan for the last eight years with his wife Meryl, tells me. You can do anything.'ĭo you believe in rock 'n' roll? Do you believe in the magic that'll thrill your soul? Do you still wanna die before you get old? 'And then,' she smiles, her mouth sneaking up at the corners like a leprechaun-gone-wrong, 'once you get a following, nobody can take that away from you. And once you get a following, you can get more gigs, and get a bigger following.'

Even if ya gotta play for nothin', or almost nothin'.' 'But the most important thing is to keep playing. 'Yeah, I know it's hard.' Joan says in her gravel rasp that lets you know just how hard. 'Joan, I'm in a band, and we're trying to rock 'n' roll, but it's hard.' This is a girl about 16, who stood in front of Jett all through her show and shouted along to every word of every song the Blackhearts played.

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