--- title: "29 Ifs Quotes By Patti Smith" description: "29 Ifs quotes by Patti Smith. Plus more from Patti Smith and more Ifs sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/47d/patti-smith-394_feels_if-the-postman-is-saying-hello-to-you-th_259879.jpg" --- > [If the postman is saying hello to you, then I feel like, wow, thats something special.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patti-smith/if-the-postman-is-saying-hello-to-you-then-i-feel-like-wow-thats/) [Patti Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patti-smith/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/47d/patti-smith-394_feels_if-the-postman-is-saying-hello-to-you-th_259879.jpg) > [If you don't have what you need, just rock with what you've got!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patti-smith/if-you-don-t-have-what-you-need-just-rock-with-what-you-ve-got/) [Patti Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patti-smith/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8ed/patti-smith-394_ifs_if-you-don-t-have-what-you-need-just-roc_860679.jpg) > [Outside of society, if you're looking that's where you'll find me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patti-smith/outside-of-society-if-you-re-looking-that-s-where-you-ll-find-me/) [Patti Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patti-smith/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f5e/patti-smith-394_community_outside-of-society-if-you-re-looking-tha_1339279.jpg) > [If you over-plan, you close the door on possibilities.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patti-smith/if-you-over-plan-you-close-the-door-on-possibilities/) [Patti Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patti-smith/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/517/patti-smith-394_doors_if-you-over-plan-you-close-the-door-on-p_3078276.jpg) > [I'm pretty moral about what I do. If I didn't think I was worthy of doing something, I wouldn't do it. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patti-smith/i-m-pretty-moral-about-what-i-do-if-i-didn-t-think-i-was-worthy-of/) [Patti Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patti-smith/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fd5/patti-smith-394_bunch_i-m-pretty-moral-about-what-i-do-if-i-di_2604690.jpg) > [If we keep our little flame alive, our first feeling of enthusiasm of who we are, without the influence or intervention of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patti-smith/if-we-keep-our-little-flame-alive-our-first-feeling-of-enthusiasm-of/) [Patti Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patti-smith/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cb8/patti-smith-394_alive_if-we-keep-our-little-flame-alive-our-fi_718741.jpg) > [I believe we all have a unique journey, whether its a journey of pure energy, if there's any intelligence within the journey.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patti-smith/i-believe-we-all-have-a-unique-journey-whether-its-a-journey-of-pure/) [Patti Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patti-smith/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/242/patti-smith-394_believe_i-believe-we-all-have-a-unique-journey-w_1224733.jpg) > [Social media could be very strong in terms of bringing people together but it also takes up so much of people's time…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patti-smith/social-media-could-be-very-strong-in-terms-of-bringing-people/) [Patti Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patti-smith/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0c3/patti-smith-394_ability_social-media-could-be-very-strong-in-ter_3104569.jpg) > [We believe we will raise the sky, we got to fly over the land, over the sea. Fate unwinds and if we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patti-smith/we-believe-we-will-raise-the-sky-we-got-to-fly-over-the-land-over-the/) [Patti Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patti-smith/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9de/patti-smith-394_arise_we-believe-we-will-raise-the-sky-we-got_868218.jpg) > [If I'm really working on something, writing or painting or really concentrating, I don't even think about brushing my hair.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patti-smith/if-i-m-really-working-on-something-writing-or-painting-or-really/) [Patti Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patti-smith/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/943/patti-smith-394_brushing_if-i-m-really-working-on-something-writi_1221859.jpg) > [Good press, bad press, whatever, only means a lot to me if it's writ by somebody I respect, by somebody I like.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patti-smith/good-press-bad-press-whatever-only-means-a-lot-to-me-if-it-s-writ-by/) [Patti Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patti-smith/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/233/patti-smith-394_bad-press_good-press-bad-press-whatever-only-means_166140.jpg) > [I'm a total failure at housewifery. I always have been, 'cause I daydream too much. If I start doing the dishes at…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patti-smith/i-m-a-total-failure-at-housewifery-i-always-have-been-cause-i/) [Patti Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patti-smith/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/78d/patti-smith-394_afternoon_i-m-a-total-failure-at-housewifery-i-alw_1069732.jpg) > [People say the media is feeding the public's hunger for celebrity news, but that's the drug pusher's mentality. I don't think anybody…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patti-smith/people-say-the-media-is-feeding-the-public-s-hunger-for-celebrity/) [Patti Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patti-smith/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/864/patti-smith-394_baby_people-say-the-media-is-feeding-the-publ_1216760.jpg) > [I really don't want somebody writing something positive about me if they don't believe in it. I'd rather somebody write something real…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patti-smith/i-really-don-t-want-somebody-writing-something-positive-about-me-if/) [Patti Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patti-smith/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d1b/patti-smith-394_bad-stuff_i-really-don-t-want-somebody-writing-som_3216794.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 had met Michael Stipe, and he was such a kind person, and extremely understanding, so I asked him if he knew…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patti-smith/i-had-met-michael-stipe-and-he-was-such-a-kind-person-and-extremely/) [Patti Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patti-smith/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/713/patti-smith-394_brother_i-had-met-michael-stipe-and-he-was-such_548822.jpg) > [I would always say to anyone, you make choices that are important to you. Don't allow yourself to be exploited by something…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patti-smith/i-would-always-say-to-anyone-you-make-choices-that-are-important-to/) [Patti Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patti-smith/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/08c/patti-smith-394_choices_i-would-always-say-to-anyone-you-make-ch_531724.jpg) > [If I have any regrets, I could say that I'm sorry I wasn't a better writer or a better singer...When I was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patti-smith/if-i-have-any-regrets-i-could-say-that-i-m-sorry-i-wasn-t-a-better/) [Patti Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patti-smith/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7b9/patti-smith-394_artist_if-i-have-any-regrets-i-could-say-that-i_1680868.jpg) > [In the '50s you had to wear pink ribbons if you were a girl, and you were supposed to become a hairdresser…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patti-smith/in-the-50s-you-had-to-wear-pink-ribbons-if-you-were-a-girl-and-you/) [Patti Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patti-smith/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2d2/patti-smith-394_children_in-the-50s-you-had-to-wear-pink-ribbons_474638.jpg) > [Not everything we do as artists has deep intent. If we push barriers, that's great, but sometimes we just do our work.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patti-smith/not-everything-we-do-as-artists-has-deep-intent-if-we-push-barriers/) [Patti Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patti-smith/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/896/patti-smith-394_art_not-everything-we-do-as-artists-has-deep_1938462.jpg) > [Eyeing the traffic circulating the lobby hung with bad art. Big invasive stuff unloaded on Stanley Bard in exchange for rent. The…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patti-smith/eyeing-the-traffic-circulating-the-lobby-hung-with-bad-art-big/) [Patti Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patti-smith/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/448/patti-smith-394_actors_eyeing-the-traffic-circulating-the-lobby_2386827.jpg) > [I'm old-fashioned. I think William Blake and people in the Renaissance people were multi. Look at da Vinci, he was involved in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patti-smith/i-m-old-fashioned-i-think-william-blake-and-people-in-the-renaissance/) [Patti Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patti-smith/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7c4/patti-smith-394_america_i-m-old-fashioned-i-think-william-blake_923039.jpg) > [Technology is 50% of rock 'n' roll - the magic, the art, the performance. If you don't have good technicians and a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patti-smith/technology-is-50-of-rock-n-roll-the-magic-the-art-the-performance-if/) [Patti Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patti-smith/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5b5/patti-smith-394_art_technology-is-50-of-rock-n-roll-the-magi_2616036.jpg) > [I'm right here right now and I want now to be the Golden Age ...if only each generation would realize that the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patti-smith/i-m-right-here-right-now-and-i-want-now-to-be-the-golden-age-if-only/) [Patti Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patti-smith/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/555/patti-smith-394_age_i-m-right-here-right-now-and-i-want-now_3008162.jpg) > [I daydream a lot - that's how I get my ideas. If I'm sitting in a café, I'm not on my phone…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patti-smith/i-daydream-a-lot-that-s-how-i-get-my-ideas-if-i-m-sitting-in-a-caf-i/) [Patti Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patti-smith/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/379/patti-smith-394_daydream_i-daydream-a-lot-that-s-how-i-get-my-ide_3086632.jpg) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patti-smith/i-d-never-had-people-drive-me-around-and-then-all-of-a-sudden-if-a/) [Patti Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patti-smith/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/346/patti-smith-394_car_i-d-never-had-people-drive-me-around-and_3126691.jpg) > [When I'm on my own with my camera, taking these pictures, it feels as if I am in a room of my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patti-smith/when-i-m-on-my-own-with-my-camera-taking-these-pictures-it-feels-as/) [Patti Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patti-smith/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c44/patti-smith-394_cameras_when-i-m-on-my-own-with-my-camera-taking_1596140.jpg) > [ If someone didn't want to be filmed, or my children said, "Don't film me anymore," \[Steven Sebring\] didn't try to sneak a… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patti-smith/if-someone-didn-t-want-to-be-filmed-or-my-children-said-don-t-film-me/) [Patti Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patti-smith/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0ea/patti-smith-394_children_if-someone-didn-t-want-to-be-filmed-or-m_1648462.jpg) > [ Steven's \[Sebring\] presence was not threatening; he told me that if I never wanted the footage to be seen by anyone, he… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patti-smith/steven-s-sebring-presence-was-not-threatening-he-told-me-that-if-i/) [Patti Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patti-smith/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/773/patti-smith-394_energy_steven-s-sebring-presence-was-not-threat_2412604.jpg) ## Other authors on Ifs ## 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/ifs/patti-smith/#itemlist", "name": "29 Ifs Quotes By Patti Smith", "numberOfItems": 29, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "If the postman is saying hello to you, then I feel like, wow, thats something special.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Patti Smith" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patti-smith/if-the-postman-is-saying-hello-to-you-then-i-feel-like-wow-thats/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/47d/patti-smith-394_feels_if-the-postman-is-saying-hello-to-you-th_259879.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/47d/patti-smith-394_feels_if-the-postman-is-saying-hello-to-you-th_259879.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/47d/patti-smith-394_feels_if-the-postman-is-saying-hello-to-you-th_259879.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“If the postman is saying hello to you, then I feel like, wow, thats something special.” — Patti Smith", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "If you don't have what you need, just rock with what you've got!", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Patti Smith" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patti-smith/if-you-don-t-have-what-you-need-just-rock-with-what-you-ve-got/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8ed/patti-smith-394_ifs_if-you-don-t-have-what-you-need-just-roc_860679.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8ed/patti-smith-394_ifs_if-you-don-t-have-what-you-need-just-roc_860679.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8ed/patti-smith-394_ifs_if-you-don-t-have-what-you-need-just-roc_860679.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“If you don't have what you need, just rock with what you've got!” — Patti Smith", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Outside of society, if you're looking that's where you'll find me.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Patti Smith" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patti-smith/outside-of-society-if-you-re-looking-that-s-where-you-ll-find-me/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f5e/patti-smith-394_community_outside-of-society-if-you-re-looking-tha_1339279.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f5e/patti-smith-394_community_outside-of-society-if-you-re-looking-tha_1339279.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f5e/patti-smith-394_community_outside-of-society-if-you-re-looking-tha_1339279.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Outside of society, if you're looking that's where you'll find me.” — Patti Smith", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "If you over-plan, you close the door on possibilities.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Patti Smith" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patti-smith/if-you-over-plan-you-close-the-door-on-possibilities/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/517/patti-smith-394_doors_if-you-over-plan-you-close-the-door-on-p_3078276.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/517/patti-smith-394_doors_if-you-over-plan-you-close-the-door-on-p_3078276.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/517/patti-smith-394_doors_if-you-over-plan-you-close-the-door-on-p_3078276.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“If you over-plan, you close the door on possibilities.” — Patti Smith", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 5, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I'm pretty moral about what I do. 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