I was never a singer; I can't play any instruments; I had no training. Plus, I was brought up in a time… — Patti Smith Copy Share Image
I have a daughter who's 11 years old. Maybe she'll grow up independent and really really heavy and become a movie star… — Patti Smith Copy Share Image
My mom loved rock 'n roll. My father hated it. We couldn't play it when he was around. — Patti Smith Copy Share Image
I always hesitate when people call me a musician.I have had no musical training. I can't play anything. I really think of… — Patti Smith Copy Share Image
I'm an intuitive musician. I have no real technical skills. I can only play six chords on the guitar. — 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
He dreamed of amassing musicians from all over the world in Woodstock and they would sit in a field in a circle… — 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
The best thing is to motivate people to do their own work. I'm not opposed to making money. But I started to… — 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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