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I believe myself to be an artist. That was my calling, to do my work, and what's most important to me is to do the best work I possibly can. And that is what means the most, that is what will endure.

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Patti Smith
Age: 77
Born: 1946
Born: December 30
Composer
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Chicago
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Patricia Lee Smith
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Fate is like a secret friend that helps push you on into life.
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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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I studied the Bible seriously until I was young teenager. It was always part of our home education: talking about the Bible, arguing about the Bible, interpreting it. So I don't connect prayer or scriptures with any particular religion so it's not a contradiction in my life.
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I always enjoyed doing transgender songs.
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What a model of an artist was for me was an artist who worked. Picasso was the ultimate model, because the work ethic he had.
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I'm from South Jersey: The idea of eating a roll with olive oil and anchovies or some kind of sardine and drinking mint tea definitely comes from reading Paul Bowles.
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Americans just don't know what being a movie star's all about.
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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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I didn't waste my time on things I didn't love.
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The new artists coming through were very materialistic and Hollywood, not so engaged in communication.
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I have a daughter who's 11 years old. Maybe she'll grow up independent and really really heavy and become a movie star and she'll play me in my life story.
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I'm not really a nostalgic person.
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As I grew up, one of my strongest allies has been my sister.
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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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