Life's Pleasures Quote by Joan Jett

Joan Jett’s blunt little list reads like the anti-myth of rock stardom: no tortured-genius manifesto, no swaggering proclamation of destiny. Just verbs. Like, love, like, like, like. The simplicity is the point. Coming from an artist who built a career on sharp edges and refusal - a woman who had to be louder, tougher, and less apologetic to survive a boys-club industry - this ordinary inventory lands as a quiet power move.

The intent isn’t to impress; it’s to de-glamorize. “Hang out,” “movies,” “eat,” “cook” are the pleasures of someone insisting on a life that isn’t owned by the stage or the press cycle. It’s also a subtle rebuke to the way celebrity culture treats musicians as product: either aspirational icons or cautionary tales. Jett offers a third option, almost stubbornly: personhood. The subtext is control. If the machine wants your image to be all leather and rebellion, you answer with dinner.

Even the repetition of “I like” matters. It’s casual, almost teen-simple, which echoes punk’s DIY grammar: sincerity over polish, directness over performance. She saves the one “love” for music, the only thing here that feels non-negotiable. Everything else is chosen, not required - a reminder that edge doesn’t have to cancel softness, and authenticity can look a lot like having a normal night with friends and something on the stove.