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
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.
years records littles
I had a handful of records, but when I was 11 years old, I liked Puccini as much as Little Richard. They both made sense to me.
names people godmother
People called me the godmother of punk, but I never name myself anything.
mother tragedy laundry
My mother had no end of tragedy in her life. She would make herself get up and take a deep breath and go out and do laundry. Hang up sheets.
hair want performing
The thing I've always liked about performing is that I decide what I want to wear, whether I want to comb my hair.
girl taken littles
Then I read Little Women, and of course, like a lot of really young girls, I was very taken with Jo - Jo being the writer and the misfit.
plato father games
My father was a dreamy fellow - he read Plato and Socrates and watched Phillies games.
reading writing long
It was no hardship to me to spend long hours reading and writing.