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
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.
our-love way contradiction
We needed time to figure out what all of this meant, how we were going to come to terms and redefine what our love was called. I learned from him that often contradiction is the clearest way to truth.
artist labels
Artists are traditionally resistant to labels.
song transgender enjoyed
I always enjoyed doing transgender songs.
thinking artist calling
Lets just say that I think any person who aspires, presumes, or feels the calling to be an artist has a built-in sense of duty.
writing secret desire
When I was young, I knew William Burroughs really well. And William's secret desire, which he never quite did, was to write a straightforward detective novel.
sleep eye light
So my last image was as the first. A sleeping youth cloaked in light, who opened his eyes with a smile of recognition for someone who had never been a stranger.