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
believe people playing roll
I don't believe people playing rock n' roll should have crowns. We're not kings and queens. Anybody can play it.
life roll
I loved being a rock and roll star, but it wasn't what I wanted in life.
best drawn impulse led performing rock roll taken
It's taken me other places, but it was the impulse to write that led me to singing. I'm not a musician. I never thought of performing in a rock n' roll band. I was just drawn in. It was like being called to duty - I was called to duty, and I did my duty as best as I could.
belonged rock roll
It was always my belief that rock and roll belonged in the hands of the people, not rock stars.
four hours life rhythm roll
You're not a rock n' roll person four hours a day or even when you're on stage. It's become the rhythm of your whole life.
rocks political rock-n-roll
I've embraced rock 'n' roll because it encompasses all the things I'm interested in: poetry, revolution, sexuality, political activism - all of these things can be found in rock 'n' roll. But I am also engaged in all of these things separately.
rocks four rock-n-roll
You're not a rock 'n' roll person four hours a day or even when you're on stage. It's become the rhythm of your whole life.
rocks rock-n-roll
I always wrote like rock 'n' roll. And I always listen to rock 'n' roll as poetry.
mother rock-and-roll rocks
My mother loved rock and roll. She loved high-energy music.
rocks rock-n-roll musician
I'm not really a musician. I'm a performer and I love rock 'n' roll.
book rocks rock-n-roll
I immersed myself in books and rock 'n' roll, the adolescent salvation ...
activism embraced found interested love poetry political rock roll
I'm not really a musician. I'm a performer, and I love rock n' roll. I've embraced rock n' roll because it encompasses all the things I'm interested in: poetry, revolution, sexuality, political activism - all of these things can be found in rock n' roll.
bang break forth glass head steps trying
It would go back and forth between the two of us and then it would go over here and bang its head on the steps trying to break the glass off.
directed life open
As I go through life, I can see why my mother directed me that way, or why my father counseled me in that way. But some things you're open to when you're young, and some things you need to find out for yourself. I think that that's pretty universal.