Patti Smith Quotes
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I've always believed in having a sense of balance and stealth.
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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've written a lot of prose. I just haven't published it.
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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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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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I think I'm constantly in a state of adjustment.
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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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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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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 voted for Obama. I was very happy when he won. But Obama hasn't really been able to effectively do anything that has made me... He hasn't helped the environment. He didn't close Guantanamo Bay. He went deeper into Afghanistan.
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He spared the child and spoiled the rodI have not sold myself to God!
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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.'