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Put down your cell phones, put everything away, and feel your blood pulsing in you, feel your creative impulse, feel your own spirit, your heart, your mind. Feel the joy of being alive and free.

Patti Smith

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Patti Smith
Age: 78
Born: 1946
Born: December 30
Composer
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Chicago
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Patricia Lee Smith
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