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
I always wear the same thing onstage.
photography fashion magazines
My introduction to photography and a lot of how I developed aesthetically was through '50s and early-'60s fashion magazines like Harper's Bazaar and Vogue.
important public-life
My public life was so demanding that I wasn't doing the things that I deemed the most important.
wise writing self
I wasn't writing, I wasn't drawing, and personality-wise, I was just completely arrogant. I'm not trying to be overly apologetic for my behavior - I wasn't evil. The lifestyle I had was one that lent itself to becoming more and more self-involved.
book want catalogues
I want to keep my life as unfettered as possible. So maybe I'll just pretend to get rare books from my catalogue, and not really get them.
mother rock-and-roll rocks
My mother loved rock and roll. She loved high-energy music.
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.