Patti Smith Quotes
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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.
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My sunglasses are like my guitar.
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The idea of redemption is always good news, even if it means sacrifice or some difficult times.
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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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No, my work does not reflect my sexual preferences, it reflects the fact that I feel total freedom as an artist.
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I've always felt outside of things; I've always felt different.
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It's not that I have compromised or anything, but it's always been important to me to take good care of myself and be a good example. I'm not much a role model in terms of hair care, though.
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I was actually born in Chicago, and then when I was a toddler, my parents moved to Philadelphia.
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I didn't know Kurt Cobain or Amy Winehouse, but I was affected by both of their deaths because I admired their work so much and mourned their youth and work they would never produce.
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Pop music has always been about the mainstream and what appeals to the public.
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I didn't love Jim Morrison 'cause he was self-destructive. I loved him because of his work. Because of the way he merged poetry and rock-and-roll. Because he did something new.
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I wrote every day. I don't think I could have written 'Just Kids' had I not spent all of the 80s developing my craft as a writer.
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I am still a very optimistic person. I continue to do work with joy.
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I personally am not interested in people trying to pigeonhole me.
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Everyone thinks of God as a man - you can't help it - Santa Claus was a man, therefore God has to be a man.
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I don't believe people playing rock n' roll should have crowns. We're not kings and queens. Anybody can play it.
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New York is a great city. There is no question of that. It's such a diverse city. I've walked down the city and heard four or five different languages simultaneously. I think that's beautiful.
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I was raised Jehovah's Witness. I was in Bible school at five or six years old, but I wouldn't say that we were a religious family.
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I've always looked the same. Since I was a child, I hated having to deal with my hair. I hated having to change my clothes. As a kid, I had a sailor shirt and the same old corduroy pants, and that's what I wanted to wear everyday.
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I've always thrived on the encouragement of others.
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I came into music because I thought the presentation of poetry wasn't vibrant enough. So I merged improvised poetry with basic rock chords. That was my original mission.
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When I was young, I knew William Burroughs really well. And William's secret desire, which he never quite did, was to write a straightforward detective novel.
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I know that some people have different personas for the different things they do, and I'm not criticizing that - maybe it's a good thing - but I'm the same old person, so I take everything in stride.
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Everyone has a creative impulse, and has the right to create, and should.