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Freedom is...the right to write the wrong words.

Patti Smith

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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
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Chicago
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Patricia Lee Smith
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I have great respect for my parents. I got such beautiful things from both of them. It doesn't mean that we didn't have our rough times, but they were remarkable people who were open-minded, creative and hard-working, and had great senses of humor.
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My mother had no end of tragedy in her life. She would make herself get up and take a deep breath and go out and do laundry. Hang up sheets.
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Polaroid by its nature makes you frugal. You walk around with maybe two packs of film in your pocket. You have 20 shots, so each shot is a world.
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A lullaby should be timeless because it's a timeless concept - the birth of the child.
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I wish I could just project everything on the paper.
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One of my great goals when I first started taking photographs or showing them publicly is that people might want one for over their desk. That's my goal.
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I always wrote like rock 'n' roll. And I always listen to rock 'n' roll as poetry.
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I always know that everything I do is the best I could do.
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First of all, anybody who has lasted 30 and went through the 60's is really a survivor.
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Poetry is a solitary process. One does not write poetry for the masses. Poetry is a self-involved, lofty pursuit. Songs are for the people. When I'm writing a song, I imagine performing it. I imagine giving it. It's a different aspect of communication. It's for the people.
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I was like one of the boys in school who flap their legs frantically under the desk. I always had this weird feeling between my legs and I had no idea what it was. I didn't know girls masturbated. I never touched myself or anything.
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I'm right here right now and I want now to be the Golden Age ...if only each generation would realize that the time for greatness is right now when they're alive ... the time to flower is now.
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For me, personally, I think drugs are sacred and should be used for work. That's what I believe in. Drugs have a real shamanistic value. I can handle drugs. I've never had a problem.
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Fate is like a secret friend that helps push you on into life.
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We're a culture more than ever that wants proof of everything, we want things fast, and someone sends you an email, you want to answer in five minutes. We have to allow ourselves nothingness, in our relationships too.
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As far as I'm concerned, being any gender is a drag.
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What will happen to us? I asked. There will always be us, he answered.
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I'm an intuitive musician. I have no real technical skills. I can only play six chords on the guitar.
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Art is by nature optimistic. Art is optimistic because it is alive.
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As I grew up, one of my strongest allies has been my sister.
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