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
hopefully
As a citizen, hopefully I'm humanist. As an artist, I'm free.
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It's all about giving the customer better information.
work
I just do my work, and I work every day, and my ambition is just to do something better than I last did.
moved
I was actually born in Chicago, and then when I was a toddler, my parents moved to Philadelphia.
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It is a great avenue because the subject matter is so broad. A lot of students have always been interested in religion.
francis last quite time
I was studying Francis of Assisi for quite some time, when Benedict was still the pope. And I was studying it for a song that I did for my last album, 'Banga.'
lost present quite son
My son and daughter lost their father quite young, so we keep him present with us. It's just a daily practice.
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I'm not really a musician. I'm a performer, and I love rock n' roll. I've embraced rock n' roll because it encompasses all the things I'm interested in: poetry, revolution, sexuality, political activism - all of these things can be found in rock n' roll.
constantly either imagination people terms
I get irritated with the world. I get irritated with politicians. I get very irritated with governments and with corporations, but in terms of imagination - my imagination is always fertile. I'm either thinking of my own things or constantly engaged by the things that other people do.
excel
I was a sickly child, not very strong physically. I wasn't really the greatest in school. I didn't really excel in anything particularly. But I was happy with who I was.
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If he did contact our customer service, and we didn't respond appropriately, then we apologize for that. I can't imagine how frustrating this must have been for him.
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I remember the first club we played in San Francisco. There were a lot of people on motorcycles standing around outside, and I had trouble getting in. I didn't have any ID, and the guy at the door wouldn't let me in, even though I told him I was gonna be singing in there.
wishful
I don't know if we had some Bruins who were wishful thinking. Clearly, it was a mistake.
belong died jesus mine sins
Jesus died for somebody's sins, but not mine - My sins are my own, they belong to me.