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
bob cut dylan john love
In the '60s, I used to love rock magazines; I'd cut out pictures of Bob Dylan and John Lennon.
wishful
I don't know if we had some Bruins who were wishful thinking. Clearly, it was a mistake.
When I was young, all I wanted was to write books and be an artist.
opera pathetic sort
The only thing I daydreamed about was being an opera singer. But I was so skinny and so pathetic that that sort of wasn't going to happen.
cool people seem wrong
The thing is, it's not uncool to worry about people who seem like they're going on the wrong path. There's nothing cool about being self-destructive.
My style says, 'Look at me, don't look at me.'
bringing difficult fellow good hope imparting means news redemption
Bringing good news is imparting hope to one's fellow man. The idea of redemption is always good news, even if it means sacrifice or some difficult times.
great mediocre overlooked rather record work
I would rather write or record something great and have it overlooked than do mediocre work and have it be popular.
feed
I get up, and if I feel out of sorts, I'll do some exercises, I'll feed my cat, then I go get my coffee, take a notebook, and write for a couple of hours.
constantly either imagination people terms
I get irritated with the world. I get irritated with politicians. I get very irritated with governments and with corporations, but in terms of imagination - my imagination is always fertile. I'm either thinking of my own things or constantly engaged by the things that other people do.
love
When I was a young girl, I'd love giving book reports.
remove request title
We did get a request from the publisher to remove the title and we've done so.
testing time
We are testing things all the time on the site.
When I did 'Horses,' I never expected to make another album.