I wrote every day. I don't think I could have written 'Just Kids' had I not spent all of the 80s developing… — Patti Smith Copy Share Image
I was a lower middle-class kid. My family had no money. There was no room in our small house where there were… — Patti Smith Copy Share Image
Steven [Sebring] just fell in with my family life. He helped me wash the dishes and play with the kids. I could… — Patti Smith Copy Share Image
When I was a kid, I loved Sherlock Holmes. I'm not interested in crimes. I'm interested in the mind of the detective… — Patti Smith Copy Share Image
I don't stay in one discipline because it's more lucrative than another. In fact, the most successful thing I ever did was… — Patti Smith Copy Share Image
I'm very comfortable with being a female now but when I was a little kid I only wanted to be a boy.… — Patti Smith Copy Share Image
My parents had three kids right after the Second World War, and we were all sort of sickly. Then I had a… — 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
Those were the things on my mind [stay healthy, take care of my kids and reestablish a relationship with the people], not… — Patti Smith Copy Share Image
I hadn't performed or been in the public eye for about 16 years. When my husband passed away, I was obliged to… — Patti Smith Copy Share Image
We were walking toward the fountain, the epicenter of activity, when an older couple stopped and openly observed us. Robert enjoyed being… — Patti Smith Copy Share Image
I started going to Bible school really early in life. Being raised a Jehovah's Witness, I had to read the Bible over… — Patti Smith Copy Share Image
I was always a tomboy as a kid. I always had boyfriends. I was just a regular girl growing up in the… — Patti Smith Copy Share Image
Steven [Sebring] was documenting me as a widow with two children, going from 50 to 60 years old. My focus, during that… — 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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![“Those were the things on my mind [stay healthy, take care of my kids and reestablish a relationship with the people], not career, money, drugs, sex, alcohol or fun. Not that there's anything wrong with any of those things, but they aren't in the film [Dream of Life], because that wasn't my life at…” quote by Patti Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/d8f/patti-smith-394_alcohol_those-were-the-things-on-my-mind-stay-he_1541528.jpg)
![“Steven [Sebring] was documenting me as a widow with two children, going from 50 to 60 years old. My focus, during that time, was to rediscover myself, stay healthy, take care of my kids and reestablish a relationship with the people.” quote by Patti Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/716/patti-smith-394_care_steven-sebring-was-documenting-me-as-a-w_207231.jpg)
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