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
friendship heart light
Deep in my heart how the presence of you shines, in a light to last a whole life through.
one-day together
One day we’ll go in together, and the work will be ours.
christian thinking people
I don't think the area of Jerusalem should be part of a Jewish state; it belongs to all people, to Christians and Muslims and the Jewish people.
beautiful book acceptance
Please, no matter how we advance technologically , please don't abandon the book. There is nothing in our material world more beautiful than the book." (Acceptance speech, National Book Award 2010 (Nonfiction), November 17, 2010)
growing-up hands time-passing
Sometimes I just wanted to raise my hands and stop. But stop what? Maybe just growing up.
men thinking santa
Everyone thinks of God as a man - you can't help it - Santa Claus was a man, therefore God has to be a man.
mean sacrifice ideas
The idea of redemption is always good news, even if it means sacrifice or some difficult times.
new-year yearning turns
I longed to read everything I possibly could, and the things I read in turn produced new yearnings.
crazy real moving
I don't consider writing a quiet, closet act. I consider it a real physical act. When I'm home writing on the typewriter, I go crazy. I move like a monkey. I've wet myself, I've come in my pants writing.
birthday age rage
We tried not to age, but time had its rage.
grief tears
Grief isn't all tears.
hair role-models care
I’m not much a role model in terms of hair care, though.
children spoil spares
Spare the child and spoil the rod, I am not sellin' myself to god.
peace men special
Pollution is a necessary result of the inability of man to reform and transform waste.