People Quotes by Patti Smith

When you do controversial work, you're going to upset a certain amount of people.

— Patti Smith

My mission is to communicate, to wake people up, just to give them my energy and accept theirs.

— Patti Smith

People say hello to me. I mean, sometimes the sanitation truck goes by and says, hey Patti.

— Patti Smith

I liked being on stage, I just didn't like the theatrical aspect of being in front of people.

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People have the power to redeem the work of fools.

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I don't think people should do biopics of living people. I'm totally opposed to that.

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If I've learned one thing in life, it's not to be so judgmental of other people.

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I just like living in certain atmospheres. Or I just like people as they are.

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I got my style from a lot of different people, even my style of reading, even Johnny Carson inspired me.

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Sometimes [people] seem to think I came out of the womb, you know, cursing, with an electric guitar.

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I think it's really great that people share their work [on Myspace] and no one is paying for it. I think that's…

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I know from an early age that I'm very comfortable in front of people. When I was a young girl, I'd love…

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I've always had a desire to write something and capture people's imagination like Peter Pan had captured mine.

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The people have the power to redeem the work of fools. Upon the meek the graces shower, it's decreed the people rule.

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People wouldn't know this about me, but I adore ball gowns. I love their cut, their architecture and the thought of the…

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Talking to god and coming back because that's what we have to do. That's your responsibility as a director, as an artist,…

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I can't bear working with a click track, we're not click track people. But for "Mercy Is ..." we all got in…

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I always hesitate when people call me a musician.I have had no musical training. I can't play anything. I really think of…

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Poetry is a solitary process. One does not write poetry for the masses. Poetry is a self-involved, lofty pursuit. Songs are for…

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Sometimes you write passages that don't need to be rewritten. Performance is that for me. Improvisation, things that happen in the moment,…

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Those were the things on my mind [stay healthy, take care of my kids and reestablish a relationship with the people], not…

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I don't think public life in and of itself can destroy you. I think it's the way people react to it, and…

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I'm estranged from social media and I don't really deal with it. I tried to work on a website and it took…

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I don't think the Palestinian people or Afghan children or some other things I'm concerned about are at the top of other…

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I really feel concerned about young people within our present culture. Our present culture, we have to change. Change is inevitable and…

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I'm old-fashioned. I think William Blake and people in the Renaissance people were multi. Look at da Vinci, he was involved in…

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When I was home, traditionally since I was young, I'd write in cafés. That was the romantic notion in 1963. Café atmospheres…

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The bible is very resonant. It has everything, creation, betrayal, lust, poetry, prophecy, sacrifice. All great things are in the bible and…

— Patti Smith

I could have a job as a teacher because I like talking in front of people.

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I personally am not interested in people trying to pigeonhole me.

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I think it's good for people to see the positive beauty that can flower from the deepest grieving.

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I realize that people need something to believe in.

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People like beauty and purity. They pretend that's what it's all about.

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Make your interactions with people transformational, not just transactional.

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People called me the godmother of punk, but I never name myself anything.

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I'd never had people drive me around, and then all of a sudden, if a car didn't come, I'd say, "Where's my…

— Patti Smith

What I really like is an intelligent review. It doesn't have to be positive. A review that has some kind of insight,…

— Patti Smith

What I wanted to do in rock 'n roll was merge poetry with sonic scapes, and the two people who had contributed…

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I'm a worker. I do the work to communicate, and I want people to embrace it, and when they do I'm happy.

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I think it's important for people to realize that we were all young, all naive, and also we had lived in a…

— Patti Smith