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Patti Smith
Patti Smith
American Musician
Born: Dec 30, 1946
Always Life Me People Work You
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No, my work does not reflect my sexual preferences, it reflects the fact that I feel total freedom as an artist. Patti Smith
Work Freedom Reflect Sexual Total Total Freedom Fact Feel Does Reflects Artist Preferences
People have the power to redeem the work of fools. Patti Smith
Work People Fools Power Redeem
I've written a lot of prose. I just haven't published it. Patti Smith
Written Prose Lot Just Published
A lot of children don't have a developed aesthetic. I did. I made early choices in life, even about cloth; I liked flannel and not polyester. Patti Smith
Life Made About Developed Liked Aesthetic Lot Did Flannel Cloth Children Polyester Choices Even Early
I don't think the Palestinian people or Afghan children or some other things I'm concerned about are at the top of other people's agendas - not right now, when America is going through such a recession and people are suffering across the board financially. But I think all that will change. Patti Smith
Change Suffering People Will Think Recession Other Top Financially Some About Through Concerned America Afghan Going Children Board Agendas Across Now Palestinian Palestinian People Right Things
I don't think the area of Jerusalem should be part of a Jewish state; it belongs to all people, to Christians and Muslims and the Jewish people. Patti Smith
People Think Jewish People Jewish State State Muslims All People Area Part Should Jerusalem Belongs Christians Jewish
Usually when I go to a place for the first time, unless there's something historical or spectacular that nature has to offer, the first thing I like to do is see what's on the minds of the people. Patti Smith
Time Nature People First Unless Minds See Something Like First Thing First Time Go Historical Offer The First Thing Place Thing Spectacular
My mom loved rock 'n roll. My father hated it. We couldn't play it when he was around. Patti Smith
Mom Father Hated He Around Rock Rock-N-Roll Roll Loved Play
I'm not saying I wasn't flawed or amateurish. But you can never say I did anything to appease the music business. Patti Smith
Music Saying You Business Music Business Say Never Did Anything Flawed Appease
I'm an intuitive musician. I have no real technical skills. I can only play six chords on the guitar. Patti Smith
Guitar Musician Intuitive Only Real Six Skills Chords Technical Play
I know I'm a strong performer. I'm not an evolved musician. Patti Smith
Strong Musician Evolved Performer Know
I am not really certain how original my contribution to music is as I am obviously an amateur. Patti Smith
Music Obviously How Am Amateur Contribution Really Certain Original
What I wanted to do in rock 'n roll was merge poetry with sonic scapes, and the two people who had contributed so much to that were Jimi Hendrix and Jim Morrison. Patti Smith
People Jim Jimi Hendrix Poetry Had Sonic Merge Rock Rock-N-Roll Were Roll Wanted Much Who Hendrix Two Two People
C'mon, I mean who didn't listen to 'The Who' in the 60s? Patti Smith
Listen The Who Mean Who
A lot of my audience are in their 50s. But they want me to pretend to continue to be pretending. Patti Smith
Me Pretending Pretend Audience Continue Lot Want
Good news doesn't necessarily have to be a positive thing. Bringing good news is imparting hope to one's fellow man. Patti Smith
Positive Hope Good News Man Good News Positive Thing Imparting Fellow Fellow Man Thing Necessarily Bringing
People called me the godmother of punk, but I never name myself anything. Patti Smith
Myself Me People Punk Never Name Godmother Anything
More than anything, that's been the thread through my life - the desire to write, the impulse to write. I mean, it's taken me other places, but it was the impulse to write that led me to singing. Patti Smith
Life Me My Life Singing Other Thread More More Than Anything Through Write Taken Been Led Than Impulse Anything Places Mean Desire
Why do people want to know exactly who I am? Am I a poet? Am I this or that? I've always made people wary. First they called me a rock poet. Then I was a poet that dabbled in rock. Then I was a rock person who dabbled in art. Patti Smith
Art Me People Made Poet First Exactly Know Rock Always Am Person Want Then Who Wary Why
It's no secret - I love detective fiction. One of the reasons I love being in London is because I like to watch all the shows on TV. I watch them all. I like 'Detective Frost.' Patti Smith
Love Secret TV Detective London No Secret Like Because Being Frost Fiction Them Reasons Shows Watch
If I feel any marginalisation, it's because the things that concern me aren't so important to other people. Patti Smith
Me People Important Other Feel Concern Because Any Things
Ornette Coleman is a real musician. He takes all of the things he's thinking about in the world - which is a whole universe upon universe - and translates this into music. Patti Smith
Music World Thinking Universe Coleman Musician About He Takes Real Which Whole Things
I don't stay in one discipline because it's more lucrative than another. In fact, the most successful thing I ever did was 'Just Kids,' for which I had absolutely no expectations. Patti Smith
Discipline Kids Stay More Fact Absolutely Had Most Another Because Than Expectations Did Just In Fact Which Successful Lucrative Ever Thing
For Christmas every year, my mother used to give me those cheap little diaries that would tell your horoscope and provide a little blank slot for each day. Patti Smith
Christmas Day Me Mother Year Every Those Tell Would Slot Give Give Me Blank Cheap Provide Diaries Little Your Used Each Each Day
My parents were very well read. They were both New Englanders, not highly educated, but they had a sophisticated... they were both very humanistic, and they were sophisticated readers. Patti Smith
Parents Both Had Highly New Sophisticated Well Read Readers Educated Were Very Humanistic
I always wanted to be an artist, writer and poet since I was seven, and one has to live long enough to evolve as an artist and do one's finest work. Patti Smith
Work Long Poet Live Enough Seven Evolve Finest Writer Since Always Artist Wanted
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