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
C'mon, I mean who didn't listen to 'The Who' in the 60s?
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As a citizen, hopefully I'm humanist. As an artist, I'm free.
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Artists, musicians, scientists - if you have any kind of visionary aptitude, it's often something that you don't have a choice in. You have to do it.
neat
I just think it will be a neat time.
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I remember the first club we played in San Francisco. There were a lot of people on motorcycles standing around outside, and I had trouble getting in. I didn't have any ID, and the guy at the door wouldn't let me in, even though I told him I was gonna be singing in there.
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I love playing the Fillmore. I love the walk from the hotel and climbing up those old, iron stairs that lead to the stage. I imagine Jerry Garcia, Jimi Hendrix and the Doors and all those other great bands climbing those same stairs.
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I haven't had the most thrilling lifestyle. I was a pretty good dresser, but I would have a pretty boring 'Behind the Music.'
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I had to learn, really, how to rein in my energies and discipline myself. And I found it very very useful. I rebelled against it at first, but it's a good thing to have.
I had a penchant myself for doing several things at once. I wanted to draw, write, speak.
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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.
If I feel any marginalisation, it's because the things that concern me aren't so important to other people.
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If he did contact our customer service, and we didn't respond appropriately, then we apologize for that. I can't imagine how frustrating this must have been for him.
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If I'm taking a picture of Brancusi's grave, I know that there's something of him, of his mortal remains, beneath my feet, and there's something beautiful about that.