Patti Smith Quotes

Nothing is a hobby - each discipline is its own world with its own high standards. Of course, every artist has 'minor works' that they do, but I don't think I have any 'minor disciplines.'

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• World
• High
• Discipline

The new artists coming through were very materialistic and Hollywood, not so engaged in communication.

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• Communication

I sang 'O Holy Night' with the Vatican orchestra, but also a Blake - a lullaby that William Blake wrote for the Christ child, and I set it to music, and the Vatican orchestra played the music.

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• Music
• Night

He spared the child and spoiled the rodI have not sold myself to God!

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• God

It was no hardship to me to spend long hours reading and writing.

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• Long
• Writing
• Reading

A lot of children don't have a developed aesthetic. I did. I made early choices in life, even about cloth; I liked flannel and not polyester.

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• Life
• Children
• Choices

I've written a lot of prose. I just haven't published it.

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The thing I've always liked about performing is that I decide what I want to wear, whether I want to comb my hair.

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• Hair

I think I'm constantly in a state of adjustment.

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If your label won't let you have the cover you want or sing the songs you want, then leave!

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It's no secret - I love detective fiction. One of the reasons I love being in London is because I like to watch all the shows on TV. I watch them all. I like 'Detective Frost.'

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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.'

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• Time
• Song