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
children thinking america
I don't think the Palestinian people or Afghan children or some other things I'm concerned about are at the top of other people's agendas - not right now, when America is going through such a recession and people are suffering across the board financially. But I think all that will change.
mother daughter stars
I have a daughter who's 11 years old. Maybe she'll grow up independent and really really heavy and become a movie star and she'll play me in my life story.
beautiful mean hard-work
I have great respect for my parents. I got such beautiful things from both of them. It doesn't mean that we didn't have our rough times, but they were remarkable people who were open-minded, creative and hard-working, and had great senses of humor.
people able forget
I learned a lot from Arthur Rimbaud. People talk about how he wanted to be a seer and do that through the derangement of the senses. What they forget was that he also advocated, sternly and austerely, that one must be able to go through all that - and then articulate it.
stars frustration rocks
I was never a singer; I can't play any instruments; I had no training. Plus, I was brought up in a time when all the great rock stars were male. I didn't have any template for what I was doing. I did what I did out of frustration and concern.
children parent four
I was so unhealthy as a child, and at least three or four times my parents were told to get ready, that I would not make it.
perfection facts matter
I reflected on the fact that no matter how good I aspired to be, I was never going to achieve perfection
religious angel religion
Wisdom was a teapot, pouring from above. Desolation angels, served it up with love.
baby giving rejection
I gave you a wrist watch, baby, and you wouldn't even give me the time of day.
waste wasting-my-time my-time
I didn't waste my time on things I didn't love.
self self-destructive self-destructive-behavior
There's nothing cool about being self-destructive.
people grace politics
The people have the power to redeem the work of fools. Upon the meek the graces shower, it's decreed the people rule.
believe fate sea
We believe we will raise the sky, we got to fly over the land, over the sea. Fate unwinds and if we die, souls arise. God, do not seize me please.
long want sides
I want to be around a really long time. I want to be a thorn in the side of everything as long as possible.