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
francis last quite time
I was studying Francis of Assisi for quite some time, when Benedict was still the pope. And I was studying it for a song that I did for my last album, 'Banga.'
testing time
We are testing things all the time on the site.
hard-times stranger young
I wasn't a stranger to hard times. I used to read the Bible - well, I still do, but when I was young I read the Bible quite a bit.
waste wasting-my-time my-time
I didn't waste my time on things I didn't love.
growing-up hands time-passing
Sometimes I just wanted to raise my hands and stop. But stop what? Maybe just growing up.
time doe answers
Where does it all lead? What will become of us? These were our young questions, and young answers were revealed. It leads to each other. We become ourselves.
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.
When I was young, all I wanted was to write books and be an artist.
good life
What I wanted in life always was to write something as good as 'Pinocchio.' I wanted to write. I wanted to evolve. I wanted to grow.
changes customers experience shop
We want customers to experience it because we know that once you try it, it changes the way you shop on the site.
concerns pop
I have bigger concerns than what pop stars are doing. I'm more concerned about our environment, what industrialists are doing to it.
jim love loved poetry work
I didn't love Jim Morrison 'cause he was self-destructive. I loved him because of his work. Because of the way he merged poetry and rock-and-roll. Because he did something new.
expect hopefully meeting word
I don't expect a big crowd. But hopefully if this first meeting is interesting the word will spread.
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.