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It got to the point where I started hiding because I didn't want to be photographed. (On living with Robert Mapplethorpe)

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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
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Chicago
Illinois
Patricia Lee Smith
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People called me the godmother of punk, but I never name myself anything.
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I've never felt grounded because of my ancestry or my gender. I think until women get away from that they're not going to be great writers.
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My mission is to communicate, to wake people up, just to give them my energy and accept theirs.
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I wasn't a stranger to hard times. I used to read the Bible - well, I still do, but when I was young I read the Bible quite a bit.
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I was like one of the boys in school who flap their legs frantically under the desk. I always had this weird feeling between my legs and I had no idea what it was. I didn't know girls masturbated. I never touched myself or anything.
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The two things that constantly inspired me were books and travel.
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For me, personally, I think drugs are sacred and should be used for work. That's what I believe in. Drugs have a real shamanistic value. I can handle drugs. I've never had a problem.
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I know fashion is a material thing, but we live in a material world and I love clothes.
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