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You don't want to OD on improvisation.
Patti Smith
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Patti Smith
Age: 77
Born: 1946
Born: December 30
Composer
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Human Rights Activist
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Chicago
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Patricia Lee Smith
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I thought to myself that he contained a whole universe that I had yet to know.
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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.
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I wasn't a stranger to hard times. I used to read the Bible - well, I still do, but when I was young I read the Bible quite a bit.
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