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Patti Smith
Age: 77
Born: 1946
Born: December 30
Composer
Drawer
Guitarist
Human Rights Activist
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Photographer
Poet
Singer
Singer-Songwriter
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Chicago
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Patricia Lee Smith
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Steven [Sebring] just fell in with my family life. He helped me wash the dishes and play with the kids. I could tell that he was a person who understood families.
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I imagined myself as Frida to Diego, both muse and maker. I dreamed of meeting an artist to love and support and work with side by side.
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We wanted, it seemed, what we already had, a lover and a friend to create with, side by side. To be loyal, yet be free.
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I don't think people should do biopics of living people. I'm totally opposed to that.
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The truth is, no matter how modest Steven [Sebring] is, he was obsessed with the outcome of the film [Dream of Life]. Every single frame was important to him.
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Rock n' roll is dream soup, what's your brand?
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I know from an early age that I'm very comfortable in front of people. When I was a young girl, I'd love giving book reports.
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I didn't waste my time on things I didn't love.
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I walk alone, assaulted it seems, by tears from heaven.
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Steven's [Sebring] presence was not threatening he told me that if I never wanted the footage to be seen by anyone, he would give it to me. So I had nothing to lose and everything to gain, and what I gained was his supportive energy and the supportive energy of his wife, who was sometimes the one schlepping the equipment or doing the sound.
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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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I realize that people need something to believe in.
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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 was so used to doing art that my fingers were like albino spiders. So it was just natural for me to go to a typewriter and write poetry.
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I always wear the same thing onstage.
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My parents were very well read. They were both New Englanders, not highly educated, but they had a sophisticated... they were both very humanistic, and they were sophisticated readers.
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I like my time on earth. And no matter what kind of cards I've been dealt, I'm happy to be there.
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I didn't write about aspects of my public life because that's a small part of my life.
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I think its very important that we enjoy our life, that we get everything we can out of it.
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