“ I refuse to believe that Hendrix had the last possessed hand,that Joplin had the last drunken throat,that Morrison had the last enlightened mind. Patti Smith
“ To me, punk rock is the freedom to create, freedom to be successful, freedom to not be successful, freedom to be who you are. It's freedom. Patti Smith
“ Please, no matter how we advance technologically, please don't abandon the book. There is nothing in our material world more beautiful than the Patti Smith
“ Good news doesn't necessarily have to be a positive thing. Bringing good news is imparting hope to one's fellow man. Patti Smith
“ My mom loved rock n' roll. My father hated it. We couldn't play it when he was around. He liked classical music and Duke Ellington. Patti Smith
“ I'm a human being, I'm a friend, I'm a mom, I'm a writer, and I'm an artist. I do play electric guitar and all of that, but in the end, I'm just a person. Patti Smith
“ When we got to the part where we had to improvise an argument in a poetic language, I got cold feet. I can't do this, I said. I don't know what to say.Say anything, he said. You can't make a mistake w… Patti Smith
“ I come from a real working class background, and I didn't know anyone sophisticated - except I saw Edie Sedgewick once at the Art Museum in Philly. She had these black leotards and little black pumps… Patti Smith
“ Grief starts to become indulgent, and it doesn't serve anyone, and it's painful. But if you transform it into remembrance, then you're magnifying the person you lost and also giving something of that… Patti Smith
“ What I wanted to do in rock 'n roll was merge poetry with sonic scapes, and the two people who had contributed so much to that were Jimi Hendrix and Jim Morrison. Patti Smith
“ The new artists coming through were very materialistic and Hollywood, not so engaged in communication. Patti Smith
“ In art and dream may you proceed with abandon. In life may you proceed with balance and stealth. Patti Smith
“ You can't change the world you can't fix the whole environment. But you can recycle. You can turn the water off when you're brushing your teeth. You can do small things. Patti Smith
