--- title: "8 Concerned Quotes By Patti Smith" description: "8 Concerned quotes by Patti Smith. Plus more from Patti Smith and more Concerned sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2a4/patti-smith-394_appeals_i-really-feel-concerned-about-young-peop_579587.jpg" --- > [I really feel concerned about young people within our present culture. Our present culture, we have to change. Change is inevitable and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patti-smith/i-really-feel-concerned-about-young-people-within-our-present-culture/) [Patti Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patti-smith/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2a4/patti-smith-394_appeals_i-really-feel-concerned-about-young-peop_579587.jpg) > [As far as I'm concerned, being any gender is a drag.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patti-smith/as-far-as-i-m-concerned-being-any-gender-is-a-drag/) [Patti Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patti-smith/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b92/patti-smith-394_concerned_as-far-as-i-m-concerned-being-any-gender_1025205.jpg) > [I don't think the Palestinian people or Afghan children or some other things I'm concerned about are at the top of other…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patti-smith/i-don-t-think-the-palestinian-people-or-afghan-children-or-some-other/) [Patti Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patti-smith/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/84e/patti-smith-394_afghan_i-don-t-think-the-palestinian-people-or_1641999.jpg) > [The issue of gender was never my biggest concern; my biggest concern was doing good work. When the feminist movement really got…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patti-smith/the-issue-of-gender-was-never-my-biggest-concern-my-biggest-concern/) [Patti Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patti-smith/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a6c/patti-smith-394_active_the-issue-of-gender-was-never-my-biggest_1669359.jpg) > [Robert was concerned with how to make the photograph, and I with how to be the photograph.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patti-smith/robert-was-concerned-with-how-to-make-the-photograph-and-i-with-how/) [Patti Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patti-smith/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2a3/patti-smith-394_concerned_robert-was-concerned-with-how-to-make-th_2594694.jpg) > [I'm more concerned with the work people do than their gender. When I was younger, I was pretty judgmental. Things had to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patti-smith/i-m-more-concerned-with-the-work-people-do-than-their-gender-when-i/) [Patti Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patti-smith/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1f3/patti-smith-394_certain_i-m-more-concerned-with-the-work-people_2716933.jpg) > [Build a good name. Keep your name clean. Don’t make compromises, don’t worry about making a bunch of money or being successful.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patti-smith/build-a-good-name-keep-your-name-clean-don-t-make-compromises-don-t-4/) [Patti Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patti-smith/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d38/patti-smith-394_being-successful_build-a-good-name-keep-your-name-clean-d_2779771.jpg) > [I've said this over and over, but I'll say it a million more times - I'm concerned more about the death of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patti-smith/i-ve-said-this-over-and-over-but-i-ll-say-it-a-million-more-times-i-m/) [Patti Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patti-smith/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ba0/patti-smith-394_bees_i-ve-said-this-over-and-over-but-i-ll-sa_2872140.jpg) ## Other authors on Concerned ## More by Patti Smith > [I had a really happy childhood - my siblings were great, my mother was very fanciful, and I loved to read. But there was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patti-smith/i-had-a-really-happy-childhood-my-siblings-were-great-my-mother-was/) [Patti Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patti-smith/) > [As a citizen, hopefully I'm humanist. As an artist, I'm free.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patti-smith/as-a-citizen-hopefully-i-m-humanist-as-an-artist-i-m-free/) [Patti Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patti-smith/) > [ Sometimes \[people\] seem to think I came out of the womb, you know, cursing, with an electric guitar. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patti-smith/sometimes-people-seem-to-think-i-came-out-of-the-womb-you-know/) [Patti Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patti-smith/) > [“Inside it he inscribed a few lines of poetry, portraying us as the gypsy and the fool, one creating silence; one listening closely to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patti-smith/inside-it-he-inscribed-a-few-lines-of-poetry-portraying-us-as-the/) [Patti Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patti-smith/) > [Who can know the heart of youth but youth itself?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patti-smith/who-can-know-the-heart-of-youth-but-youth-itself/) [Patti Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patti-smith/) > [“I clawed through a thick web of the culture’s consciousness that I hadn’t known existed.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patti-smith/i-clawed-through-a-thick-web-of-the-culture-s-consciousness-that-i/) [Patti Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patti-smith/) > [Ultimately, we are not seeking others to bow to, but to reinforce our individual natures, to help us suffer our own choices, to guide…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patti-smith/ultimately-we-are-not-seeking-others-to-bow-to-but-to-reinforce-our/) [Patti Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patti-smith/) > [If I'm taking a picture of Brancusi's grave, I know that there's something of him, of his mortal remains, beneath my feet, and there's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patti-smith/if-i-m-taking-a-picture-of-brancusi-s-grave-i-know-that-there-s/) [Patti Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patti-smith/) > [I'm certain, as we filled down the great staircase, that I appeared the same as ever, a moping twelve years-old, all arms and legs.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patti-smith/i-m-certain-as-we-filled-down-the-great-staircase-that-i-appeared-the/) [Patti Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patti-smith/) > [In art and dream may you proceed with abandon. In life may you proceed with balance and stealth.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patti-smith/in-art-and-dream-may-you-proceed-with-abandon-in-life-may-you-proceed/) [Patti Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patti-smith/) > [New York is the thing that seduced me. New York is the thing that formed me. New York is the thing that deformed me.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patti-smith/new-york-is-the-thing-that-seduced-me-new-york-is-the-thing-that/) [Patti Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patti-smith/) > [I don't wanna be equal with anybody. I wanna be above equal. I don't think most people are equal to me. I'd like to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patti-smith/i-don-t-wanna-be-equal-with-anybody-i-wanna-be-above-equal-i-don-t/) [Patti Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patti-smith/) > [I think I'm constantly in a state of adjustment.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patti-smith/i-think-i-m-constantly-in-a-state-of-adjustment/) [Patti Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patti-smith/) > [Somehow I started introducing writing into my drawings, and after a time, the language took over and I started getting very involved with the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patti-smith/somehow-i-started-introducing-writing-into-my-drawings-and-after-a/) [Patti Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patti-smith/) > [I'm okay with roaming around the world in my bunk for days on end. Maybe every third day I'll get a shower or stumble…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patti-smith/i-m-okay-with-roaming-around-the-world-in-my-bunk-for-days-on-end/) [Patti Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patti-smith/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/concerned/patti-smith/#itemlist", "name": "8 Concerned Quotes By Patti Smith", "numberOfItems": 8, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I really feel concerned about young people within our present culture. Our present culture, we have to change. Change is inevitable and I wasn't raised in our present culture but it has great pressure that as a young person I never had. 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