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I think masturbating is a really important function in art. People don't like to hear that kind of stuff, but it's true.
Patti Smith
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Patti Smith
Age: 77
Born: 1946
Born: December 30
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Patricia Lee Smith
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I felt alien my whole life but I didn't feel alien because of my gender. Other people made me aware of my gender.
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Finally, by the sea, where God is everywhere, I gradually calmed.
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Swift is the arrow, dark is the thorn, the slate is clean, the future awaits, awake.
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The new artists coming through were very materialistic and Hollywood, not so engaged in communication.
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Sometimes you have to abandon your own children for other children.
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