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Blessedness is within us all.

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Patti Smith
Age: 78
Born: 1946
Born: December 30
Composer
Drawer
Guitarist
Human Rights Activist
Musician
Photographer
Poet
Singer
Singer-Songwriter
Visual Artist
Writer
Chicago
Illinois
Patricia Lee Smith
Blessedness
Within

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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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Outside of society, if you're looking that's where you'll find me.
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Artists are traditionally resistant to labels.
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I want to keep my life as unfettered as possible. So maybe I'll just pretend to get rare books from my catalogue, and not really get them.
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What will happen to us? I asked. There will always be us, he answered.
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If your label won't let you have the cover you want or sing the songs you want, then leave!
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Good news doesn't necessarily have to be a positive thing. Bringing good news is imparting hope to one's fellow man.
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