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I'd never had people drive me around, and then all of a sudden, if a car didn't come, I'd say, Where's my car?

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Patti Smith
Age: 77
Born: 1946
Born: December 30
Composer
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Guitarist
Human Rights Activist
Musician
Photographer
Poet
Singer
Singer-Songwriter
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Chicago
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Patricia Lee Smith
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