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Patti Smith
Patti Smith
American Musician
Born: Dec 30, 1946
Always Life Me People Work You
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When I was a young girl, I'd love giving book reports. Patti Smith
Love Book Girl Giving Young Reports Young Girl
I liked being on stage; I just didn't like the theatrical aspect of being in front of people. Patti Smith
People Stage Like Liked Front Just Being Theatrical Aspect
We never threw a record together. Each record was done really seriously, as if our life depended on it. Patti Smith
Life Together Seriously Our Record Threw Never Done Depended Really Each
My mission is to stay healthy and productive and serve as a good example. Patti Smith
Good Example Healthy Stay Mission Productive Good Example Serve
When I'm writing a book, I don't have any responsibility to anyone. I'm solitary. I'm writing on my own. I write by hand. And I write every day. I mean, it's part of my daily discipline. Patti Smith
Day Daily Every Day Book Writing Discipline Responsibility Own Every Solitary My Own Write Part Hand Any Anyone Mean
I knew William Burroughs really well, and I was always star struck being around him. I adored him. Patti Smith
William Struck Adored Knew Well Him Around Always Being Really Star
I was born in 1946, so I was born on the tail end of when everything was deemed important. You made things to last. If you came from a poor family, there was only one can opener. Patti Smith
Family You Made Important Everything Born Only Tail Opener Came End Poor Deemed Things Last
I remember when the Bic pen was controversial. They came from France. They were cheap, and when one was out of ink, you threw it away; you didn't dip it into more ink. Patti Smith
You Remember France Pen Out Dip Threw More Cheap Remember When Came Were Controversial Away Ink
My son and daughter lost their father quite young, so we keep him present with us. It's just a daily practice. Patti Smith
Daily Son Father Daughter Practice Lost Young Him Quite Just Us Keep Present
Throughout my life, I happily deferred to family, companions, children. Patti Smith
Life Family My Life Deferred Throughout Children Happily Companions
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. Patti Smith
Life Me You Yourself Mother Father Young Think Way Out Find See Some Pretty Some Things Directed Through Open Go Why Things Universal Need
I think we have a creative impulse where suffering can magnify our work, but so can joy. You can be in love and write the greatest love song ever. Sometimes I think too much suffering makes it difficult to do one's work. Patti Smith
Work Love You Creative Suffering Song Joy Sometimes Too Much Difficult Think Too Our Magnify Write Makes Greatest Impulse Where Much Ever
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. Patti Smith
Life Day You Become Stage Hours Rock Rock-N-Roll Person Roll Rhythm Your Whole Even Four
We didn't have the phrase 'style icon' when I was young, but I have to say, I really copied Bob Dylan when I was younger: a little bit of Bob Dylan or a lot of Bob Dylan and the French symbolist poets - I liked how they dressed - and Catholic school boys. Patti Smith
School Style Young Say Bit Phrase Dressed Poets Liked French Catholic Catholic School Boy How Lot Dylan Little Little Bit Icon Younger Bob Bob Dylan Really Copied
I know that some people have different personas for the different things they do, and I'm not criticizing that - maybe it's a good thing - but I'm the same old person, so I take everything in stride. Patti Smith
Good People Old Some People Stride Everything Criticizing Some Good Thing Take Know Person Same Maybe Different Old Person Different Things Thing Things
I always wrote. I wrote every day. I don't think I could have written 'Just Kids' had I not spent all of the '80s developing my craft as a writer. Patti Smith
Day Every Day Every Think Spent Kids Could Writer Had Written Developing Wrote Always Craft Just
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. Patti Smith
Love Great Walk Old Stage Doors Other Jimi Hendrix Those Lead Hotel Climbing Up Iron Bands Same The Doors Stairs Hendrix Jerry Playing Imagine
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. Patti Smith
Me People Remember Trouble First Singing Club Francisco Though Guy Outside Had ID Him Around Were Lot Motorcycles Any Getting Door San San Francisco Gonna Standing Even Played
I was actually born in Chicago, and then when I was a toddler, my parents moved to Philadelphia. Patti Smith
Parents Born Chicago Moved Then Toddler Actually Philadelphia
My dad got a job in a factory in Philadelphia, so I was raised in Germantown in a sort of a barracks for soldiers. They had housing for temporary housing. And then my parents saved money and bought a little house in South Jersey, built on a swamp. Patti Smith
Money Job Parents Saved Soldiers Temporary Factory Had Bought House Sort Housing Got Built South Swamp Little Then Dad Jersey Raised Philadelphia
I don't believe any artist who says, 'I had to do that because DJs will tell me I can't play that music. I will lose my job.' Well, lose the job and create a new job. If your label won't let you have the cover you want or sing the songs you want, then leave! Patti Smith
Music Me You Will Job Lose Believe Says Tell Had Songs New Sing Well Because Leave New Job Cover Label Any Artist Want Then Create Your Who Play
Everyone has a creative impulse, and has the right to create, and should. Patti Smith
Creative Everyone Impulse Create Should Right
Rock n' roll is dream soup, what's your brand? Patti Smith
Dream Rock Rock-N-Roll Soup Brand Roll Your
I come from a real working class background, and I didn't know anyone sophisticated - except I saw Edie Sedgewick once at the Art Museum in Philly. She had these black leotards and little black pumps and this big ermine cape and all these white dogs and black sunglasses and black eyes. She was classy! Patti Smith
Art Class Eyes Black Big White Philly Once Saw Background Sunglasses Classy Except Had Come Sophisticated Know She Real Dogs Anyone Little Cape Working Working-Class Museum
It's not that I have compromised or anything, but it's always been important to me to take good care of myself and be a good example. I'm not much a role model in terms of hair care, though. Patti Smith
Myself Good Me Care Example Hair Important Though Compromised Take Terms Always Been Model Role Role Model Anything Much Good Example
My mother and father had so many ups and downs and stayed with each other and helped each other. My mother took in ironing and she was a waitress. My father was working in the factory and he did people's tax returns. Patti Smith
People Mother Ups And Downs Father Mother And Father Other Took Stayed Factory Had He She Returns Waitress Did Ironing Ups Tax Tax Returns Working Helped Many Each Downs
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