I've lost lots of men in my life, besides my mother, which is a whole different loss. — Patti Smith Copy Share Image
Deep in my heart how the presence of you shines, in a light to last a whole life through. — Patti Smith Copy Share Image
I felt alien my whole life, but I didn't feel alien because of my gender. Other people made me aware of my… — 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
The whole process of working with Steven [Sebring] and being filmed by him helped me psychologically to get my feet back on… — Patti Smith Copy Share Image
All the traumas I went through separating art from writing don't exist anymore. That's why I love being in rock 'n' roll.… — 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
That whole thing about masturbating. Most girls, I guess nobody has to tell them, they just figure it out. I had to… — Patti Smith Copy Share Image
I'm estranged from social media and I don't really deal with it. I tried to work on a website and it took… — Patti Smith Copy Share Image
One thing I did have under my belt was, my mother lost her mother when she was 11. She mourned her mother… — 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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