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People have the power to redeem the work of fools.
Patti Smith
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Patti Smith
Age: 77
Born: 1946
Born: December 30
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Patricia Lee Smith
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To me, punk rock is the freedom to create, freedom to be successful, freedom to not be successful, freedom to be who you are. It's freedom.
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My father was always talking about God, and I idolized my father, so I'd spend hours trying to have mental telepathy with God.
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I've always thrived on the encouragement of others.
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Hopefully if you create something fine, people will relate to it, so you're communicating with people, and you're not in a void. On the other hand, because you're always creating and transforming, art always separates you - always.
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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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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 love my little overgrown yard. And my house is wonderful. It's everything that I need.
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I don't think the area of Jerusalem should be part of a Jewish state it belongs to all people, to Christians and Muslims and the Jewish people.
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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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I was real religious when I was young. I wanted to be a missionary.
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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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It's not that I have compromised or anything, but it's always been important to me to take good care of myself and be a good example. I'm not much a role model in terms of hair care, though.
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Everybody's got to reclaim these thingspoetry, rock'n'roll, political activismand it's got to be done over and over again. It's like eating: you can't say,'Oh, I ate yesterday'.You have to eat again.
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As far as I'm concerned, being any gender is a drag.
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I hate to be enclosed. I don't like bathroom doors - I don't shut them. In fact, in my house, I have no doors.
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