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Patti Smith quotes: I don't fuck much with the past but I fuck plenty with the future. I don't fuck much with the past but I fuck plenty with the future.
Patti Smith quotes: I gave you a wrist watch, baby, and you wouldn't even give me the time of day. I gave you a wrist watch, baby, and you wouldn't even give me the time of day.
Patti Smith quotes: Remember, we are mortal, but poetry is not. Remember, we are mortal, but poetry is not.
Patti Smith quotes: I want to keep my life as unfettered as possible. So maybe I'll just pretend to get rare books from my catalogue, and not really get them. I want to keep my life as unfettered as possible. So maybe I'll just pretend to get rare books from my catalogue, and not really get them.
Patti Smith quotes: Hail brother, the distant thunder is nothing but hearts beating as one. Hail brother, the distant thunder is nothing but hearts beating as one.
Patti Smith quotes: Artists, musicians, scientists - if you have any kind of visionary aptitude, it's often something that you don't have a choice in. You have to do it. Artists, musicians, scientists - if you have any kind of visionary aptitude, it's often something that you don't have a choice in. You have to do it.
Patti Smith quotes: I am still a very optimistic person. I continue to do work with joy. I am still a very optimistic person. I continue to do work with joy.
Patti Smith quotes: I personally am not interested in people trying to pigeonhole me. I personally am not interested in people trying to pigeonhole me.
Patti Smith quotes: I thought to myself that he contained a whole universe that I had yet to know. I thought to myself that he contained a whole universe that I had yet to know.
Patti Smith quotes: I've lost lots of men in my life, besides my mother, which is a whole different loss. I've lost lots of men in my life, besides my mother, which is a whole different loss.
Patti Smith quotes: My father came a couple of times, but he always blamed his hearing loss on my loud amplifiers. So he didn't come anymore, but I had his support. My father came a couple of times, but he always blamed his hearing loss on my loud amplifiers. So he didn't come anymore, but I had his support.
Patti Smith quotes: I knew one day I would stop and he would keep on going, but until then nothing could tear us apart. I knew one day I would stop and he would keep on going, but until then nothing could tear us apart.
Patti Smith quotes: A lot of my audience are in their 50s. But they want me to pretend to continue to be pretending. A lot of my audience are in their 50s. But they want me to pretend to continue to be pretending.
Patti Smith quotes: each possessed something the other wanted and, in that way, complemented the other. each possessed something the other wanted and, in that way, complemented the other.
Patti Smith quotes: I've never felt grounded because of my ancestry or my gender. I think until women get away from that they're not going to be great writers. I've never felt grounded because of my ancestry or my gender. I think until women get away from that they're not going to be great writers.
Patti Smith quotes: 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. 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.
Patti Smith quotes: What I wanted in life always was to write something as good as 'Pinocchio.' I wanted to write. I wanted to evolve. I wanted to grow. What I wanted in life always was to write something as good as 'Pinocchio.' I wanted to write. I wanted to evolve. I wanted to grow.
Patti Smith quotes: Toyland, toyland ... once you pass its portals you may never return again. Toyland, toyland ... once you pass its portals you may never return again.
Patti Smith quotes: When I'm on my own with my camera, taking these pictures, it feels as if I am in a room of my own, a self-contained world. When I'm on my own with my camera, taking these pictures, it feels as if I am in a room of my own, a self-contained world.
Patti Smith quotes: Please, no matter how we advance in technology please don't abandon the book-there is nothing in our material world more beautiful than a book. Please, no matter how we advance in technology please don't abandon the book-there is nothing in our material world more beautiful than a book.
Patti Smith quotes: I realize that people need something to believe in. I realize that people need something to believe in.
Patti Smith quotes: I want to be around a really long time. I want to be a thorn in the side of everything as long as possible. I want to be around a really long time. I want to be a thorn in the side of everything as long as possible.
Patti Smith quotes: I think its very important to not be afraid to experience joy in the middle of sorrow. I think its very important to not be afraid to experience joy in the middle of sorrow.
Patti Smith quotes: I know fashion is a material thing, but we live in a material world and I love clothes. I know fashion is a material thing, but we live in a material world and I love clothes.
Patti Smith quotes: 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. 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.
Patti Smith quotes: He contained, even at an early age, a stirring and the desire to stir. He contained, even at an early age, a stirring and the desire to stir.
Patti Smith quotes: Smile for me, Patti, as I am smiling for you. Smile for me, Patti, as I am smiling for you.
Patti Smith quotes: I walk alone, assaulted it seems, by tears from heaven. I walk alone, assaulted it seems, by tears from heaven.
Patti Smith quotes: I hated the soup and felt little for the can. I hated the soup and felt little for the can.
Patti Smith quotes: We are guided by roses, the scent of a page. We are guided by roses, the scent of a page.
Patti Smith quotes: Desire is hunger is the fire I breathe, love is a banquet on which we feed. Desire is hunger is the fire I breathe, love is a banquet on which we feed.
Patti Smith quotes: I left Mephistopheles, the angels, and the remnants of our handmade world, saying, I choose Earth. I left Mephistopheles, the angels, and the remnants of our handmade world, saying, I choose Earth.
Patti Smith quotes: 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. 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.
Patti Smith quotes: In fact, I thought my calling was to be a painter. In fact, I thought my calling was to be a painter.
Patti Smith quotes: I have a lot of energy, and I like to work. I have a lot of energy, and I like to work.
Patti Smith quotes: The people have the power to redeem the work of fools. Upon the meek the graces shower, it's decreed the people rule. The people have the power to redeem the work of fools. Upon the meek the graces shower, it's decreed the people rule.
Patti Smith quotes: I've always felt outside of things; I've always felt different. I've always felt outside of things; I've always felt different.
Patti Smith quotes: I know I'm a strong performer. I'm not an evolved musician. I know I'm a strong performer. I'm not an evolved musician.
Patti Smith quotes: I'm a worker. I do the work to communicate, and I want people to embrace it, and when they do I'm happy. I'm a worker. I do the work to communicate, and I want people to embrace it, and when they do I'm happy.
Patti Smith quotes: I haven't had the most thrilling lifestyle. I was a pretty good dresser, but I would have a pretty boring 'Behind the Music.' I haven't had the most thrilling lifestyle. I was a pretty good dresser, but I would have a pretty boring 'Behind the Music.'
Patti Smith quotes: Jesus died for somebody's sins, but not mine. Jesus died for somebody's sins, but not mine.
Patti Smith quotes: All I've ever wanted, since I was a child, was to do something wonderful. All I've ever wanted, since I was a child, was to do something wonderful.
Patti Smith quotes: The only way I can lose my mind in bed is to destroy myself in a fantasy. The only way I can lose my mind in bed is to destroy myself in a fantasy.
Patti Smith quotes: We are wooed, then mocked, plagued like Amfortas, King of the Grail Knights, by a wound refusing heal. We are wooed, then mocked, plagued like Amfortas, King of the Grail Knights, by a wound refusing heal.
Patti Smith quotes: I tried to write something about Jesse but couldn't, as her face echoed her father's and the proud palace where the ghosts of our old life dwell. I tried to write something about Jesse but couldn't, as her face echoed her father's and the proud palace where the ghosts of our old life dwell.
Patti Smith quotes: As a citizen, hopefully I'm humanist. As an artist, I'm free. As a citizen, hopefully I'm humanist. As an artist, I'm free.
Patti Smith quotes: If you over-plan, you close the door on possibilities. If you over-plan, you close the door on possibilities.
Patti Smith quotes: I didn't write about aspects of my public life because that's a small part of my life. I didn't write about aspects of my public life because that's a small part of my life.
Patti Smith quotes: You can't make a mistake when you improvise. You can't make a mistake when you improvise.
Patti Smith quotes: Horses pretty much broke as a record in England. Horses pretty much broke as a record in England.
Patti Smith quotes: We never had any children," he said ruefully. "Our work was our children. We never had any children," he said ruefully. "Our work was our children.
Patti Smith quotes: Artists are traditionally resistant to labels. Artists are traditionally resistant to labels.
Patti Smith quotes: Deep in my heart how the presence of you shines, in a light to last a whole life through. Deep in my heart how the presence of you shines, in a light to last a whole life through.
Patti Smith quotes: Often the simplest song is the hardest to write. Often the simplest song is the hardest to write.
Patti Smith quotes: I think some of that hopelessness of my generation got passed on to later generations - the sense of uselessness. I think some of that hopelessness of my generation got passed on to later generations - the sense of uselessness.
Patti Smith quotes: I think its very important that we enjoy our life, that we get everything we can out of it. I think its very important that we enjoy our life, that we get everything we can out of it.
Patti Smith quotes: I'm not saying I wasn't flawed or amateurish. But you can never say I did anything to appease the music business. I'm not saying I wasn't flawed or amateurish. But you can never say I did anything to appease the music business.
Patti Smith quotes: Nothing can be truly replicated. Not a love, not a jewel, not a single line. Nothing can be truly replicated. Not a love, not a jewel, not a single line.
Patti Smith quotes: As far as I'm concerned, being any gender is a drag. As far as I'm concerned, being any gender is a drag.
Patti Smith quotes: An artist may have burdens the ordinary citizen doesn't know, but the ordinary citizen has burdens that many artists never even touch. An artist may have burdens the ordinary citizen doesn't know, but the ordinary citizen has burdens that many artists never even touch.
Patti Smith quotes: How is it that we never completely comprehend our love for someone until they're gone? How is it that we never completely comprehend our love for someone until they're gone?
Patti Smith quotes: Wisdom was a teapot, pouring from above. Desolation angels, served it up with love. Wisdom was a teapot, pouring from above. Desolation angels, served it up with love.
Patti Smith quotes: The only thing you can count on is change. The only thing you can count on is change.
Patti Smith quotes: I have vague memories, like impressions on glass plates ... I have vague memories, like impressions on glass plates ...
Patti Smith quotes: I clawed through a thick web of the culture's consciousness that I hadn't known existed. I clawed through a thick web of the culture's consciousness that I hadn't known existed.
Patti Smith quotes: A good artist's always got his hand in his zipper. A good artist's always got his hand in his zipper.
Patti Smith quotes: You can't carve up the world. It's not a pie. You can't carve up the world. It's not a pie.
Patti Smith quotes: I like gettin' old. I like gettin' old.
Patti Smith quotes: An artist is somebody who enters into competition with God. An artist is somebody who enters into competition with God.
Patti Smith quotes: Mohammed personally mapped out seven heavens. If he got to seven, you know there's more. Mohammed personally mapped out seven heavens. If he got to seven, you know there's more.
Patti Smith quotes: It will not fall away. Man cannot judge it. For art sings of God, and ultimately belongs to Him. It will not fall away. Man cannot judge it. For art sings of God, and ultimately belongs to Him.
Patti Smith quotes: Your soul was like a network of spittle. Your soul was like a network of spittle.
Patti Smith quotes: I read and feel that same compulsion; the desire to possess what he has written, which can only be subdued by writing something myself. I read and feel that same compulsion; the desire to possess what he has written, which can only be subdued by writing something myself.
Patti Smith quotes: Art is by nature optimistic. Art is optimistic because it is alive. Art is by nature optimistic. Art is optimistic because it is alive.
Patti Smith quotes: Who can know the heart of youth but youth itself? Who can know the heart of youth but youth itself?
Patti Smith quotes: My father was a dreamy fellow - he read Plato and Socrates and watched Phillies games. My father was a dreamy fellow - he read Plato and Socrates and watched Phillies games.
Patti Smith quotes: It's not so easy writing about nothing. It's not so easy writing about nothing.
Patti Smith quotes: When I was a young girl, I'd love giving book reports. When I was a young girl, I'd love giving book reports.
Patti Smith quotes: For a brief moment I felt as if I might die; and just as quickly I knew everything would be all right. For a brief moment I felt as if I might die; and just as quickly I knew everything would be all right.
Patti Smith quotes: The things I thought would happen didn't. Things I never anticipated unfolded. The things I thought would happen didn't. Things I never anticipated unfolded.
Patti Smith quotes: I hate being confined, especially when it's for my own good. I hate being confined, especially when it's for my own good.
Patti Smith quotes: There's always new stuff, that's for sure. There's always new stuff, that's for sure.
Patti Smith quotes: Grief isn't all tears. Grief isn't all tears.
Patti Smith quotes: If I'm really working on something, writing or painting or really concentrating, I don't even think about brushing my hair. If I'm really working on something, writing or painting or really concentrating, I don't even think about brushing my hair.
Patti Smith quotes: We went our separate ways, but within walking distance of one another. We went our separate ways, but within walking distance of one another.
Patti Smith quotes: Outside of society, if you're looking that's where you'll find me. Outside of society, if you're looking that's where you'll find me.
Patti Smith quotes: I didn't begin my life in 1975 with 'Horses.' I recorded 'Horses' in 1975, but was drawing in Paris in 1969. I didn't begin my life in 1975 with 'Horses.' I recorded 'Horses' in 1975, but was drawing in Paris in 1969.
Patti Smith quotes: I was so unhealthy as a child, and at least three or four times my parents were told to get ready, that I would not make it. I was so unhealthy as a child, and at least three or four times my parents were told to get ready, that I would not make it.
Patti Smith quotes: Why is it that we lose the things we love, and things cavalier cling to us and will be the measure of our worth after we're gone? Why is it that we lose the things we love, and things cavalier cling to us and will be the measure of our worth after we're gone?
Patti Smith quotes: Everything I came up with seemed irreverent or irrelevant. Everything I came up with seemed irreverent or irrelevant.
Patti Smith quotes: I think I work in two worlds. I'll always try to kick through a wall. I did that when I was younger and I still have my way of doing I think I work in two worlds. I'll always try to kick through a wall. I did that when I was younger and I still have my way of doing that.
Patti Smith quotes: I have bigger concerns than what pop stars are doing. I'm more concerned about our environment, what industrialists are doing to it. I have bigger concerns than what pop stars are doing. I'm more concerned about our environment, what industrialists are doing to it.
Patti Smith quotes: My mother loved rock and roll. She loved high-energy music. My mother loved rock and roll. She loved high-energy music.
Patti Smith quotes: I would rather write or record something great and have it overlooked than do mediocre work and have it be popular. I would rather write or record something great and have it overlooked than do mediocre work and have it be popular.
Patti Smith quotes: People say hello to me. I mean, sometimes the sanitation truck goes by and says, hey Patti ... People say hello to me. I mean, sometimes the sanitation truck goes by and says, hey Patti ...
Patti Smith quotes: I knew he didn't love me, but I adored him anyway. I knew he didn't love me, but I adored him anyway.
Patti Smith quotes: Careful how you bare yer soulCareful not to bare it all Careful how you bare yer soul
Careful not to bare it all
Patti Smith quotes: Christ was a man worthy to rebel against, for he was rebellion itself. Christ was a man worthy to rebel against, for he was rebellion itself.
Patti Smith quotes: Hung-up women can't produce anything but mediocre art, and there ain't no room for mediocre art. Hung-up women can't produce anything but mediocre art, and there ain't no room for mediocre art.
Patti Smith quotes: I longed to read everything I possibly could, and the things I read in turn produced new yearnings. I longed to read everything I possibly could, and the things I read in turn produced new yearnings.

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