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I always wear the same thing onstage.
Patti Smith
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Patti Smith
Age: 77
Born: 1946
Born: December 30
Composer
Drawer
Guitarist
Human Rights Activist
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Photographer
Poet
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Chicago
Illinois
Patricia Lee Smith
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If your label won't let you have the cover you want or sing the songs you want, then leave!
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