Arthur Quote by Steven Sebring

I became Patti's [Smith] messenger, basically, and the film is my view of how I learned about Patti.

— Steven Sebring

I am inspired by great food, theater, books, the beach, black-and-white photography, and great vocalists, like Dianne Reeves, Alice Smith, and Shirley Horn. I…

— Erica Tazel

I think Lindsay Kemp really introduced me to the work of Jean Genet, and through that, I kind of kept re-educating myself about other…

— David Bowie

I quickly realized that Patti [Smith] was somebody very special.

— Steven Sebring

Someone who's a great hero of mine and has become a friend is Patti Smith.

— Andrea Riseborough

I'm interested in Patti Smith and women who were iconic in a very hedonistic way.

— Annabelle Wallis

I've been dying to do something with Ms. Patti LaBelle because she is so iconic. I grew up listening to her with my mom…

— Big Freedia

Debbie Allen and Regina King inspire me.

— Nafessa Williams

I look at the careers of people I'm standing on the shoulders of. People like Lena Horne, Ella Fitzgerald, Sammy Davis Jr., and Sarah…

— Dionne Warwick

But you'd have a job to find many of my poems which would seem to be very influenced by a particular person.

— Norman MacCaig

'M Train' will take you in and out of dreamscapes and reality and remembrances with prose so spare and matter-of-fact that it delivers a…

— Wendi McLendon-Covey

I wanted to be an inspiration to anybody. I really do.

— Paul Raci