Patti Smith
Patti Smith
Patricia Lee "Patti" Smith is an American singer-songwriter, poet, and visual artist who became a highly influential component of the New York City punk rock movement with her 1975 debut album Horses...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPunk Singer
Date of Birth30 December 1946
CityChicago, IL
CountryUnited States of America
human stifle
Nothing will stifle your human evolution more than fame and fortune.
dream rocks soup
Rock n' roll is dream soup, what's your brand?
mistake simple feet
When we got to the part where we had to improvise an argument in a poetic language, I got cold feet. "I can't do this," I said. "I don't know what to say." "Say anything," he said. "You can't make a mistake when you improvise." "What if I mess it up? What if I screw up the rhythm?" "You can't," he said. "It's like drumming. If you miss a beat, you create another." In this simple exchange, Sam taught me the secret of improvisation, one that I have accessed my whole life.
dream art reality
In art and dream may you proceed with abandon. In life may you proceed with balance and stealth.
singers longevity wanted
I never really wanted to be a singer - not with any longevity. But I always wanted to be a writer.
jumping way homeless
Obviously, I'm not homeless. I'm not an old alcoholic. I'm not jumping trains. I just like to live in a certain way.
hard-times stranger young
I wasn't a stranger to hard times. I used to read the Bible - well, I still do, but when I was young I read the Bible quite a bit.
allies my-sister grew
As I grew up, one of my strongest allies has been my sister.
dream league people
People don't realize we have these built-in seven-league boots. The body can go anywhere. It is physically capable of sustaining almost any kind of abuse, or any dream.
survivor firsts
First of all, anybody who has lasted 30 and went through the 60's is really a survivor.
parent sophisticated educated
My parents were very well read. They were both New Englanders, not highly educated, but they had a sophisticated... they were both very humanistic, and they were sophisticated readers.
library jersey culture
I was raised in rural south Jersey, and there was no culture there. There was a small library, and that was it. There was nothing else.
waste wasting-my-time my-time
I didn't waste my time on things I didn't love.
mistake drumming improvisation
You can't make a mistake when you improvise.