Why do people want to know exactly who I am? Am I a poet? Am I this or that? I've always made… — Patti Smith Copy Share Image
I don't know about that. I'm not a very analytical person. I have various impulses. I've often quoted Walt Whitman's phrase "I… — Patti Smith Copy Share Image
I wanted to see who this Yeats person was, and I said to my mother, 'I want a book by this person.'… — Patti Smith Copy Share Image
I had met Michael Stipe, and he was such a kind person, and extremely understanding, so I asked him if he knew… — Patti Smith Copy Share Image
I really feel concerned about young people within our present culture. Our present culture, we have to change. Change is inevitable and… — Patti Smith Copy Share Image
America is run by corporations, it is run by banks and Wall Street. That's why we can't get guns under control. It's… — Patti Smith Copy Share Image
I can't judge how another person does their [music] work. Everyone has a choice and the music industry is much more open… — Patti Smith Copy Share Image
Lets just say that I think any person who aspires, presumes, or feels the calling to be an artist has a built-in… — Patti Smith Copy Share Image
I don't think public life in and of itself can destroy you. I think it's the way people react to it, and… — Patti Smith Copy Share Image
You're not a rock 'n' roll person four hours a day or even when you're on stage. It's become the rhythm of… — Patti Smith Copy Share Image
Truthfully, I don't really think of myself as a photographer. I don't have all the disciplines and knowledge of a person who's… — Patti Smith Copy Share Image
I don't have an image of myself, when I'm walking down the street, like I'm a rock star or something. I'm a… — 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
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
![“I had met Michael Stipe, and he was such a kind person, and extremely understanding, so I asked him if he knew a photographer who would come to Detroit, where I lived, who would be child friendly and who would respect my home. Michael suggested Steven [ Sebring]. One day a knock came at my door…” quote by Patti Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/713/patti-smith-394_brother_i-had-met-michael-stipe-and-he-was-such_548822.jpg)
![“I can't judge how another person does their [music] work. Everyone has a choice and the music industry is much more open that it was when I was younger. Certain things are gone, others have developed, but everyone makes their choices. Pop music has always been about the mainstream and what appeals…” quote by Patti Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/455/patti-smith-394_appeals_i-can-t-judge-how-another-person-does-th_1650149.jpg)
![“Steven [Sebring] just fell in with my family life. He helped me wash the dishes and play with the kids. I could tell that he was a person who understood families.” quote by Patti Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/200/patti-smith-394_dishes_steven-sebring-just-fell-in-with-my-fami_3032435.jpg)
![“Sometimes [people] seem to think I came out of the womb, you know, cursing, with an electric guitar.” quote by Patti Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/c73/patti-smith-394_cursing_sometimes-people-seem-to-think-i-came-ou_28268.jpg)
