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I didn't waste my time on things I didn't love.

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Patti Smith
Age: 77
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
Waste
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People say hello to me. I mean, sometimes the sanitation truck goes by and says, hey Patti.
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