I have total respect for the self-contained rock artist. Whether you're dealing with Jerry Garcia or Lou Reed or Patti Smith or… — Clive Davis Copy Share Image
I think my biggest muses in fashion are probably rock 'n' roll girlfriends, like Anita Pallenberg and Marianne Faithfull and Bianca Jagger… — Peter Dundas Copy Share Image
Hollywood is about playing the game, and I can't think of any successful actresses who didn't play the game. There's a lot… — Madonna Ciccone Copy Share Image
I love biographies. I read Patti Smith's 'Just Kids.' I'm into that time frame in New York, the '70s and '80s. In… — Barry McGee Copy Share Image
'M Train' will take you in and out of dreamscapes and reality and remembrances with prose so spare and matter-of-fact that it… — Wendi McLendon-Covey Copy Share Image
When I started photographing Patti [Smith], I knew that there wasn't a whole a lot of information out there about her. I… — Steven Sebring Copy Share Image
I can do the vocal acrobatics but I really try not to. I've always been drawn to singers who sing it like… — KT Tunstall Copy Share Image
I listen to a lot of artists like Tori Amos, Cherry Glazerr, and Patti Smith, and I kind of wanted to follow… — Jade Bird Copy Share Image
I was very aware of performers who have a persona, whether it's Siouxsie Sioux or Patti Smith or Lydia Lunch, and I'm… — Kim Gordon Copy Share Image
I love a lot of the New York bands, but Patti Smith stands out. I just read 'Just Kids' and it's an… — James Iha Copy Share Image
I don't find R.E.M. to be nihilistic. There is a constant undertone of joyous optimism. I'm not going to kill myself to… — Michael Stipe Copy Share Image
“Ed Friedman: [talking about Patti Smith] One time she told me, "Allen Ginsberg thought I was a cute boy and he tried… — Gillian McCain Legs McNeil Copy Share Image
She let me in during her tour, in London. Her band members - especially Lenny Kaye - were shocked at the fact… — Steven Sebring Copy Share Image
Patti [Smith] was my experiment, to be honest. And the film is what we got out of it. At the end of… — Steven Sebring Copy Share Image
You don't have favorites among your offspring, and you don't among the artists you're involved with, but clearly among my most favorite… — Clive Davis Copy Share Image
Viola Davis, Patti Smith, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Julianne Moore. I could go on forever listing names. However... my greatest inspirations have, without a… — Maya Hawke Copy Share Image
I'm halfway through Patti Smith's memoir 'Just Kids,' which is heart-stoppingly vivid. It drips with beauty and hope and devastating candour. I… — Hattie Morahan Copy Share Image
My years with Aretha Franklin have been very special, as were the years making records with Dionne Warwick. Other highlights include working… — Clive Davis Copy Share Image
I wasn't familiar with Patti [Smith ]much at all. When I was asked to photograph her, my wife said, "Oh my God,… — Steven Sebring Copy Share Image
Things tends to often [consolidate] like Disney. It's the same with music. There's Bruce Springsteen and Neil Young and Patti Smith. There's… — Stephen Malkmus Copy Share Image
The photograph, the clothes, the sets - this was about 1974, and I started hanging out with my friend Richard Sold, who… — Stephen Sprouse Copy Share Image
I would bring Patti [Smith ] in to the editing room [working on the Dream of Life] and say, "This is a… — Steven Sebring Copy Share Image
When I was 15, 16, I started going to a studio and my biggest inspiration were women, like Lola Flores from Spain… — Rosalia Copy Share Image
![“When I started photographing Patti [Smith], I knew that there wasn't a whole a lot of information out there about her. I was periodically interested in films, and so I just kept asking her if I could come around.” quote by Steven Sebring](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/ad7/steven-sebring-14700_asking_when-i-started-photographing-patti-smith_1891719.jpg)
![“Ed Friedman: [talking about Patti Smith] One time she told me, "Allen Ginsberg thought I was a cute boy and he tried to pick me up, so I said, "LOOK AT THE TITS, ALLEN! NOTICE THE TITS!” quote by Gillian McCain Legs McNeil](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/eae/gillian-mccain-legs-mcneil-240_allen-ginsberg_ed-friedman-talking-about-patti-smith-on_982985.jpg)
![“She let me in during her tour, in London. Her band members - especially Lenny Kaye - were shocked at the fact that I was filming Patti [Smith].” quote by Steven Sebring](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/a72/steven-sebring-14700_band_she-let-me-in-during-her-tour-in-london_416754.jpg)
![“Patti [Smith] was my experiment, to be honest. And the film is what we got out of it. At the end of the day, I learned a lot about how to make a film.” quote by Steven Sebring](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/a1c/steven-sebring-14700_being-honest_patti-smith-was-my-experiment-to-be-hone_2229699.jpg)
![“I wasn't familiar with Patti [Smith ]much at all. When I was asked to photograph her, my wife said, "Oh my God, Patti Smith!" So I looked at some Robert Mapplethorpe books and I recognized those pictures.” quote by Steven Sebring](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/645/steven-sebring-14700_book_i-wasn-t-familiar-with-patti-smith-much_665684.jpg)
![“Things tends to often [consolidate] like Disney. It's the same with music. There's Bruce Springsteen and Neil Young and Patti Smith. There's these three people that everyone seems to agree on. No matter what they like, they seem to like those three.” quote by Stephen Malkmus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/042/stephen-malkmus-2984_agree_things-tends-to-often-consolidate-like-d_1773031.jpg)
![“I would bring Patti [Smith ] in to the editing room [working on the Dream of Life] and say, "This is a great moment for a voiceover, or a poem," and then we'd bring in some sound design.” quote by Steven Sebring](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/142/steven-sebring-14700_design_i-would-bring-patti-smith-in-to-the-edit_322546.jpg)
