For me, personally, I think drugs are sacred and should be used for work. That's what I believe in. Drugs have a… — Patti Smith Copy Share Image
Ornette Coleman is a real musician. He takes all of the things he's thinking about in the world - which is a… — Patti Smith Copy Share Image
My father hated rock and roll - hated it. My first real argument with my father was over the Rolling Stones. And… — Patti Smith Copy Share Image
I didn't want any middle-of-the-road creep. I always wanted the toughest guy in school, the guy from south Philly who wore tight… — Patti Smith Copy Share Image
I don't consider writing a quiet, closet act. I consider it a real physical act. When I'm home writing on the typewriter,… — 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 was horny, but I was innocent 'cause I was a real-late bloomer and not particularly attractive. In fact, homely. — Patti Smith Copy Share Image
I have abandoned so many projects but in the '80s when I left public life to be married and have real children… — 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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