--- title: "18 Young Quotes By Patti Smith" description: "18 Young quotes by Patti Smith. Plus more from Patti Smith and more Young sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e63/patti-smith-394_friendship_i-just-know-that-young-people-suffer-and_1681791.jpg" --- > [I just know that young people suffer, and I also know music is one of the things that help you get through…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patti-smith/i-just-know-that-young-people-suffer-and-i-also-know-music-is-one-of/) [Patti Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patti-smith/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e63/patti-smith-394_friendship_i-just-know-that-young-people-suffer-and_1681791.jpg) > [When I was young, all I wanted was to write books and be an artist.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patti-smith/when-i-was-young-all-i-wanted-was-to-write-books-and-be-an-artist/) [Patti Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patti-smith/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/97c/patti-smith-394_art_when-i-was-young-all-i-wanted-was-to-wri_249728.jpg) > [I wasn't a stranger to hard times. I used to read the Bible - well, I still do, but when I was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patti-smith/i-wasn-t-a-stranger-to-hard-times-i-used-to-read-the-bible-well-i/) [Patti Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patti-smith/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b46/patti-smith-394_bible_i-wasn-t-a-stranger-to-hard-times-i-used_2098542.jpg) > [I think it's important for people to realize that we were all young, all naive, and also we had lived in a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patti-smith/i-think-it-s-important-for-people-to-realize-that-we-were-all-young/) [Patti Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patti-smith/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/180/patti-smith-394_important_i-think-it-s-important-for-people-to-rea_1533397.jpg) > [I was real religious when I was young. I wanted to be a missionary.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patti-smith/i-was-real-religious-when-i-was-young-i-wanted-to-be-a-missionary/) [Patti Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patti-smith/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/460/patti-smith-394_catholic_i-was-real-religious-when-i-was-young-i_756160.jpg) > [I know from an early age that I'm very comfortable in front of people. When I was a young girl, I'd love…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patti-smith/i-know-from-an-early-age-that-i-m-very-comfortable-in-front-of-people/) [Patti Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patti-smith/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/90f/patti-smith-394_age_i-know-from-an-early-age-that-i-m-very-c_2592621.jpg) > [When I was young, I knew William Burroughs really well. And William's secret desire, which he never quite did, was to write…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patti-smith/when-i-was-young-i-knew-william-burroughs-really-well-and-william-s/) [Patti Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patti-smith/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/be2/patti-smith-394_books_when-i-was-young-i-knew-william-burrough_3152920.jpg) > [Then I read Little Women, and of course, like a lot of really young girls, I was very taken with Jo -…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patti-smith/then-i-read-little-women-and-of-course-like-a-lot-of-really-young/) [Patti Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patti-smith/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/357/patti-smith-394_books_then-i-read-little-women-and-of-course-l_662784.jpg) > [Where does it all lead? What will become of us? These were our young questions, and young answers were revealed. It leads…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patti-smith/where-does-it-all-lead-what-will-become-of-us-these-were-our-young/) [Patti Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patti-smith/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/18c/patti-smith-394_answers_where-does-it-all-lead-what-will-become_483098.jpg) > [New York has closed itself off to the young and the struggling. But there are other cities. Detroit. Poughkeepsie. New York City…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patti-smith/new-york-has-closed-itself-off-to-the-young-and-the-struggling-but/) [Patti Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patti-smith/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e1e/patti-smith-394_advice_new-york-has-closed-itself-off-to-the-yo_981754.jpg) > [Much has been said about Robert, and more will be added. Young men will adopt his gait. Young girls will wear white…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patti-smith/much-has-been-said-about-robert-and-more-will-be-added-young-men-will/) [Patti Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patti-smith/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a8d/patti-smith-394_art_much-has-been-said-about-robert-and-more_1287267.jpg) > [New generations are intoxicated with the idea that they can make their presence known on the Internet. When I was young, there…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patti-smith/new-generations-are-intoxicated-with-the-idea-that-they-can-make/) [Patti Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patti-smith/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bfe/patti-smith-394_fewer_new-generations-are-intoxicated-with-the_2409189.jpg) > [ I worked for Hillary \[Clinton\] when I was young - when she was running for the Senate. I was fundraising and things,… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patti-smith/i-worked-for-hillary-clinton-when-i-was-young-when-she-was-running/) [Patti Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patti-smith/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/34d/patti-smith-394_clinton_i-worked-for-hillary-clinton-when-i-was_2636070.jpg) > [I always hope that young people will think for themselves and also most importantly, understand that they should judge themselves on their…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patti-smith/i-always-hope-that-young-people-will-think-for-themselves-and-also/) [Patti Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patti-smith/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fee/patti-smith-394_deeds_i-always-hope-that-young-people-will-thi_607523.jpg) > [I studied the Bible seriously until I was young teenager. It was always part of our home education: talking about the Bible,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patti-smith/i-studied-the-bible-seriously-until-i-was-young-teenager-it-was/) [Patti Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patti-smith/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c47/patti-smith-394_arguing_i-studied-the-bible-seriously-until-i-wa_1934740.jpg) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patti-smith/america-is-run-by-corporations-it-is-run-by-banks-and-wall-street/) [Patti Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patti-smith/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/080/patti-smith-394_america_america-is-run-by-corporations-it-is-run_668586.jpg) > [When I was home, traditionally since I was young, I'd write in cafés. That was the romantic notion in 1963. Café atmospheres…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patti-smith/when-i-was-home-traditionally-since-i-was-young-i-d-write-in-caf-s/) [Patti Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patti-smith/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d8f/patti-smith-394_atmosphere_when-i-was-home-traditionally-since-i-wa_1178688.jpg) > [I really feel concerned about young people within our present culture. Our present culture, we have to change. Change is inevitable and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patti-smith/i-really-feel-concerned-about-young-people-within-our-present-culture/) [Patti Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patti-smith/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2a4/patti-smith-394_appeals_i-really-feel-concerned-about-young-peop_579587.jpg) ## Other authors on Young ## More by Patti Smith > [I had a really happy childhood - my siblings were great, my mother was very fanciful, and I loved to read. But there was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patti-smith/i-had-a-really-happy-childhood-my-siblings-were-great-my-mother-was/) [Patti Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patti-smith/) > [As a citizen, hopefully I'm humanist. As an artist, I'm free.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patti-smith/as-a-citizen-hopefully-i-m-humanist-as-an-artist-i-m-free/) [Patti Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patti-smith/) > [ Sometimes \[people\] seem to think I came out of the womb, you know, cursing, with an electric guitar. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patti-smith/sometimes-people-seem-to-think-i-came-out-of-the-womb-you-know/) [Patti Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patti-smith/) > [“Inside it he inscribed a few lines of poetry, portraying us as the gypsy and the fool, one creating silence; one listening closely to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patti-smith/inside-it-he-inscribed-a-few-lines-of-poetry-portraying-us-as-the/) [Patti Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patti-smith/) > [Who can know the heart of youth but youth itself?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patti-smith/who-can-know-the-heart-of-youth-but-youth-itself/) [Patti Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patti-smith/) > [“I clawed through a thick web of the culture’s consciousness that I hadn’t known existed.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patti-smith/i-clawed-through-a-thick-web-of-the-culture-s-consciousness-that-i/) [Patti Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patti-smith/) > [Ultimately, we are not seeking others to bow to, but to reinforce our individual natures, to help us suffer our own choices, to guide…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patti-smith/ultimately-we-are-not-seeking-others-to-bow-to-but-to-reinforce-our/) [Patti Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patti-smith/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patti-smith/if-i-m-taking-a-picture-of-brancusi-s-grave-i-know-that-there-s/) [Patti Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patti-smith/) > [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.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patti-smith/i-m-certain-as-we-filled-down-the-great-staircase-that-i-appeared-the/) [Patti Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patti-smith/) > [In art and dream may you proceed with abandon. In life may you proceed with balance and stealth.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patti-smith/in-art-and-dream-may-you-proceed-with-abandon-in-life-may-you-proceed/) [Patti Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patti-smith/) > [New York is the thing that seduced me. New York is the thing that formed me. New York is the thing that deformed me.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patti-smith/new-york-is-the-thing-that-seduced-me-new-york-is-the-thing-that/) [Patti Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patti-smith/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patti-smith/i-don-t-wanna-be-equal-with-anybody-i-wanna-be-above-equal-i-don-t/) [Patti Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patti-smith/) > [I think I'm constantly in a state of adjustment.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patti-smith/i-think-i-m-constantly-in-a-state-of-adjustment/) [Patti Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patti-smith/) > [Somehow I started introducing writing into my drawings, and after a time, the language took over and I started getting very involved with the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patti-smith/somehow-i-started-introducing-writing-into-my-drawings-and-after-a/) [Patti Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patti-smith/) > [I'm okay with roaming around the world in my bunk for days on end. Maybe every third day I'll get a shower or stumble…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patti-smith/i-m-okay-with-roaming-around-the-world-in-my-bunk-for-days-on-end/) [Patti Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patti-smith/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/young/patti-smith/#itemlist", "name": "18 Young Quotes By Patti Smith", "numberOfItems": 18, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I just know that young people suffer, and I also know music is one of the things that help you get through - music and friends.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Patti Smith" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patti-smith/i-just-know-that-young-people-suffer-and-i-also-know-music-is-one-of/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e63/patti-smith-394_friendship_i-just-know-that-young-people-suffer-and_1681791.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e63/patti-smith-394_friendship_i-just-know-that-young-people-suffer-and_1681791.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e63/patti-smith-394_friendship_i-just-know-that-young-people-suffer-and_1681791.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I just know that young people suffer, and I also know music is one of the things that help you get through…” — Patti Smith", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "When I was young, all I wanted was to write books and be an artist.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Patti Smith" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patti-smith/when-i-was-young-all-i-wanted-was-to-write-books-and-be-an-artist/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/97c/patti-smith-394_art_when-i-was-young-all-i-wanted-was-to-wri_249728.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/97c/patti-smith-394_art_when-i-was-young-all-i-wanted-was-to-wri_249728.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/97c/patti-smith-394_art_when-i-was-young-all-i-wanted-was-to-wri_249728.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“When I was young, all I wanted was to write books and be an artist.” — Patti Smith", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I wasn't a stranger to hard times. 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