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
communication artist engagement
The new artists coming through were very materialistic and Hollywood, not so engaged in communication.
mother loss men
I've lost lots of men in my life, besides my mother, which is a whole different loss.
strong musician performers
I know I'm a strong performer. I'm not an evolved musician.
beautiful photographer my-favorite
There are so many great 19th-century photographers, and it's really my favorite period, but the amateurs did such beautiful work.
artist work-ethic ethics
What a model of an artist was for me was an artist who worked. Picasso was the ultimate model, because the work ethic he had.
nostalgic persons
I'm not really a nostalgic person.
book childhood world
I loved books; I read my childhood away. I was more interested in my interior world.
real guitar play
I'm an intuitive musician. I have no real technical skills. I can only play six chords on the guitar.
next-day guitar concerts
Sure I destroyed my guitar at every concert, but it was okay, because I'd always get a shiny new one the very next day.
rocks people wake-up
When I was younger, I felt it was my duty to wake people up. I thought poetry was asleep. I thought rock 'n' roll was asleep.
intelligent people being-positive
What I really like is an intelligent review. It doesn't have to be positive. A review that has some kind of insight, and sometimes people say something that's startling or is so poignant.
prose written havens
I've written a lot of prose. I just haven't published it.
regret sorry apology
If I have any regrets, I could say that I'm sorry I wasn't a better writer or a better singer.
people aliens gender
I felt alien my whole life, but I didn't feel alien because of my gender. Other people made me aware of my gender.