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
people want matter
I'm more concerned with the work people do than their gender. When I was younger, I was pretty judgmental. Things had to be a certain way. Now I just want to see the work. It doesn't matter who does it.
book want catalogues
I want to keep my life as unfettered as possible. So maybe I'll just pretend to get rare books from my catalogue, and not really get them.
perspective giving want
We learned we wanted too much. We could only give from the perspective of who we were and what we had. Apart, we were able to see with even greater clarity that we didn’t want to be without each other.
want crafts improvisation
You don't want to OD on improvisation.
music horny want
Ultimately, I want to make everyone horny.
hair want performing
The thing I've always liked about performing is that I decide what I want to wear, whether I want to comb my hair.
song want labels
If your label won't let you have the cover you want or sing the songs you want, then leave!
long want sides
I want to be around a really long time. I want to be a thorn in the side of everything as long as possible.
goal people want
One of my great goals when I first started taking photographs or showing them publicly is that people might want one for over their desk. That's my goal.
mother book want
I wanted to see who this Yeats person was, and I said to my mother, 'I want a book by this person.' And she bought it for me, and a lot of it was over my head, but I had it.
want hiding
It got to the point where I started hiding because I didn't want to be photographed. (On living with Robert Mapplethorpe)
children wonderful wanted
All I've ever wanted, since I was a child, was to do something wonderful.
children red-lipstick want
Even as a child, I knew what I didn't want. I didn't want to wear red lipstick.
people want embrace
I'm a worker. I do the work to communicate, and I want people to embrace it, and when they do I'm happy.