I've always looked the same. Since I was a child, I hated having to deal with my hair. I hated having to… — Patti Smith Copy Share Image
I hated the makeup. I hated all that pancake makeup. I didn't really like dressing for parts. — Patti Smith Copy Share Image
My father hated rock and roll - hated it. My first real argument with my father was over the Rolling Stones. And… — Patti Smith Copy Share Image
My mom loved rock 'n roll. My father hated it. We couldn't play it when he was around. — Patti Smith Copy Share Image
Since I was a child, I hated having to deal with my hair. I hated having to change my clothes. As a… — Patti Smith Copy Share Image
I was in musical comedy. And I did very well, but the memorization killed me. I'm not good at memorizing, and it… — Patti Smith Copy Share Image
I had a really happy childhood - my siblings were great, my mother was very fanciful, and I loved to read. But there was… — Patti Smith Copy Share Image
Sometimes [people] seem to think I came out of the womb, you know, cursing, with an electric guitar. — Patti Smith Copy Share Image
“Inside it he inscribed a few lines of poetry, portraying us as the gypsy and the fool, one creating silence; one listening closely to… — Patti Smith Copy Share Image
“I clawed through a thick web of the culture’s consciousness that I hadn’t known existed.” — Patti Smith Copy Share Image
Ultimately, we are not seeking others to bow to, but to reinforce our individual natures, to help us suffer our own choices, to guide… — Patti Smith Copy Share Image
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… — Patti Smith Copy Share Image
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.… — Patti Smith Copy Share Image
In art and dream may you proceed with abandon. In life may you proceed with balance and stealth. — Patti Smith Copy Share Image
New York is the thing that seduced me. New York is the thing that formed me. New York is the thing that deformed me.… — Patti Smith Copy Share Image
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… — Patti Smith Copy Share Image
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