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I didn't have any career design. I was not thinking about publishing or doing a record. I was just working. I was evolving. I wanted to really comprehend what I was doing before stepping too far out.
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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We never had any children, he said ruefully. Our work was our children.
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If we keep our little flame alive, our first feeling of enthusiasm of who we are, without the influence or intervention of others, we will prevail.
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Poetry is a solitary process. One does not write poetry for the masses. Poetry is a self-involved, lofty pursuit. Songs are for the people. When I'm writing a song, I imagine performing it. I imagine giving it. It's a different aspect of communication. It's for the people.
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As far as I'm concerned, being any gender is a drag.
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I always know that everything I do is the best I could do.
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Deep in my heart how the presence of you shines, in a light to last a whole life through.
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People need space to air out their thoughts, to have a sense of themselves - unfettered by anything.
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