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I always enjoyed doing transgender songs.

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Patti Smith
Age: 77
Born: 1946
Born: December 30
Composer
Drawer
Guitarist
Human Rights Activist
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Singer-Songwriter
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Chicago
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Patricia Lee Smith
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I didn't want any middle-of-the-road creep. I always wanted the toughest guy in school, the guy from south Philly who wore tight black pants. Y'know, the guy who carried the umbrella and wore white shirts with real thin black ties. I was really nuts over this guy named Butchie Magic 'cause he let me carry his switchblade.
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I like photographing dresses in windows. I actually wore a lot of dresses in the '70s. I like them on other people now.
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All I've ever wanted, since I was a child, was to do something wonderful.
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Life is an adventure of our own design intersected by fate and a series of lucky and unlucky accidents.
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As I grew up, one of my strongest allies has been my sister.
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All the traumas I went through separating art from writing don't exist anymore. That's why I love being in rock 'n' roll. It's a whole life thing.
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