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I just like living in certain atmospheres. Or I just like people as they are.

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Patti Smith
Age: 77
Born: 1946
Born: December 30
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Patricia Lee Smith
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As an artist, I used to think that my responsibility was to do good work. But I had to learn from the 70s on that being a public figure presents another aspect of responsibility.
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I don't feel that censorship keeps me from doing the work, though. I'm my bigger censor.
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I wanted to see who this Yeats person was, and I said to my mother, 'I want a book by this person.' And she bought it for me, and a lot of it was over my head, but I had it.
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I don't think the average American understands what patriotism truthfully is. That's why when I attack our country or attack the government, it's sometimes looked at as unpatriotic. It's not.
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