Good press, bad press, whatever, only means a lot to me if it's writ by somebody I respect, by somebody I like. — Patti Smith Copy Share Image
Just because I've extricated myself from religion doesn't mean I'm not interested in the scriptures. I look at the Bible as itself.… — Patti Smith Copy Share Image
I have great respect for my parents. I got such beautiful things from both of them. It doesn't mean that we didn't… — Patti Smith Copy Share Image
I believe myself to be an artist. That was my calling, to do my work, and what's most important to me is… — Patti Smith Copy Share Image
The idea of redemption is always good news, even if it means sacrifice or some difficult times. — Patti Smith Copy Share Image
Some of us are born rebellious. Like Jean Genet or Arthur Rimbaud, I roam these mean streets like a villain, a vagabond,… — Patti Smith Copy Share Image
More than anything, that's been the thread through my life - the desire to write, the impulse to write. I mean, it's… — Patti Smith Copy Share Image
Ms. It sounds like a sick bumblebee, it sounds frigid. I mean, who the hell would ever want to stick his hand… — Patti Smith Copy Share Image
People say hello to me. I mean, sometimes the sanitation truck goes by and says, hey Patti. — Patti Smith Copy Share Image
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… — 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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