Patti Smith
Patti Smith
Patricia Lee "Patti" Smith is an American singer-songwriter, poet, and visual artist who became a highly influential component of the New York City punk rock movement with her 1975 debut album Horses...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPunk Singer
Date of Birth30 December 1946
CityChicago, IL
CountryUnited States of America
reading people style
I got my style from a lot of different people, even my style of reading, even Johnny Carson inspired me.
thinking guitar people
Sometimes [people] seem to think I came out of the womb, you know, cursing, with an electric guitar.
mean people hey
People say hello to me. I mean, sometimes the sanitation truck goes by and says, hey Patti...
makeup pancakes hated
I hated the makeup. I hated all that pancake makeup. I didn't really like dressing for parts.
people stage aspect
I liked being on stage, I just didn't like the theatrical aspect of being in front of people.
girl book giving
I know from an early age that I'm very comfortable in front of people. When I was a young girl, I'd love giving book reports.
teacher jobs talking
I could have a job as a teacher because I like talking in front of people.
real school nuts
I didn't want any middle-of-the-road creep. I always wanted the toughest guy in school, the guy from south Philly who wore tight black pants. Y'know, the guy who carried the umbrella and wore white shirts with real thin black ties. I was really nuts over this guy named Butchie Magic 'cause he let me carry his switchblade.
believe mean artist
I believe myself to be an artist. That was my calling, to do my work, and what's most important to me is to do the best work I possibly can. And that is what means the most, that is what will endure.
betrayal sacrifice people
The bible is very resonant. It has everything, creation, betrayal, lust, poetry, prophecy, sacrifice. All great things are in the bible and all great writers have drawn from it and more than people realise, whether Shakespeare, Herman Melville or Bob Dylan. Of course there are stories that are still relevant and inspiring; lessons that need to be taught over and over again. And they give people hope.
people suffering helping
I just know that young people suffer, and I also know music is one of the things that help you get through - music and friends.
rocks rock-n-roll musician
I'm not really a musician. I'm a performer and I love rock 'n' roll.
girl stuff figures
That whole thing about masturbating. Most girls, I guess nobody has to tell them, they just figure it out. I had to be told. Some girl actually had to show me a hairbrush and demonstrate exactly what to do. I just never figured that stuff out naturally.
simple thinking media
I always hope that young people will think for themselves and also most importantly, understand that they should judge themselves on their own merit, their good deeds, however simple, to not judge themselves by what they have materially, by what other people think of them, through social media.