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JOAN: First one we wrote was "You Don't Know What
You've Got Till It's Gone." To me, you know,
Kenny was taking my life. You know,
I guess being a therapist. KENNY: And the more
we knew each other, the more she trusted me. ♪ You don't know
What you've got ♪ ♪ You don't know what
You've got till it's gone ♪ Joan sort of needs
to experience heartache to write about it. ♪ I gave you love
So true ♪ ♪ But you ran away ♪ ♪ So you just don't know
Whatcha blew ♪ ♪ Yeah, yeah ♪ JOAN: Kenny actually
was looking for record deals. So Kenny would send
the tapes in. We sent it to all the labels,
all the majors, all the minors. That was 23 labels, and we got back 23
rejection letters all saying,
"You need a song search
You've Got Till It's Gone." To me, you know,
Kenny was taking my life. You know,
I guess being a therapist. KENNY: And the more
we knew each other, the more she trusted me. ♪ You don't know
What you've got ♪ ♪ You don't know what
You've got till it's gone ♪ Joan sort of needs
to experience heartache to write about it. ♪ I gave you love
So true ♪ ♪ But you ran away ♪ ♪ So you just don't know
Whatcha blew ♪ ♪ Yeah, yeah ♪ JOAN: Kenny actually
was looking for record deals. So Kenny would send
the tapes in. We sent it to all the labels,
all the majors, all the minors. That was 23 labels, and we got back 23
rejection letters all saying,
"You need a song search
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JOAN: First one we wrote was
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"You Don't Know What
You've Got Till It's Gone."
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To me, you know,
Kenny was taking my life.
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You know,
I guess being a therapist.
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KENNY: And the more
we knew each other,
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the more she trusted me.
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♪ You don't know
What you've got ♪
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♪ You don't know what
You've got till it's gone ♪
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Joan sort of needs
to experience heartache
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to write about it.
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♪ I gave you love
So true ♪
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♪ But you ran away ♪
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♪ So you just don't know
Whatcha blew ♪
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♪ Yeah, yeah ♪
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JOAN: Kenny actually
was looking for record deals.
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So Kenny would send
the tapes in.
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We sent it to all the labels,
all the majors, all the minors.
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That was 23 labels,
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and we got back 23
rejection letters
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all saying,
"You need a song search.
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Movie Summary
Documentary about rock star Joan Jett.