Joan Jett: Whomping The Suckers With A Superball
Gavin Martin, NME, 10 April 1982
"IT'S SO HARD to even think of being famous, of having that responsibility. It's really weird, I mean me!! a rockstar! Hey, are you a rockstar? Gotta Rolls Royce, or a Cadillac? Oh my God wake up! I must be dreaming."
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