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    • Patti Smith

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    American singer, songwriter, author and poet

    Patti Smith is an acclaimed American artist who has made significant contributions to rock music, poetry, and the arts. She is a singer, songwriter, poet, painter, author, and photographer, and her 1975 debut album ‘Horses’ helped launch the punk rock movement in New York City. Patti Smith has been widely recognized for her achievements, including being inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and winning the National Book Award.

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    composer

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    film director

    guitarist

    human rights activist

    musician

    performance artist

    photographer

    poet

    recording artist

    About the Patti Smith

    Patricia Lee Smithis an American singer, songwriter, poet, painter, author and photographer. Her 1975 debut album Horses made her an influential member of the New York City-based punk rock movement. Smith has fused rock and poetry in her work. In 1978, her most widely known song, “Because the Night”, co-written with Bruce Springsteen, reached number 13 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and number five on the UK Singles Chart.

    In 2005, Smith was named a Commander of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres by the French Ministry of Culture. In 2007, she was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. In November 2010, Smith won the National Book Award for her memoir Just Kids, written to fulfill a promise she made to Robert Mapplethorpe, her longtime partner. She is ranked 47th on Rolling Stone magazine’s 100 Greatest Artists of All Time, published in 2010, and was awarded the Polar Music Prize in 2011.

    Frequently Asked Questions

    Patti Smith was born on December 30, 1946.

    Patti Smith’s most widely known song is ,Because the Night,, which she co-wrote with Bruce Springsteen and reached the top 20 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.

    Patti Smith has been named a Commander of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres by the French Ministry of Culture, inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, and awarded the National Book Award for her memoir ,Just Kids., She has also been ranked 47th on Rolling Stone magazine’s 100 Greatest Artists of All Time and awarded the Polar Music Prize.

    Patti Smith’s 1975 debut album ,Horses, made her an influential member of the New York City-based punk rock movement, as she fused rock and poetry in her work.

    Patti Smith’s memoir ,Just Kids, was written to fulfill a promise she made to her longtime partner, the photographer Robert Mapplethorpe.

    In addition to being a singer, songwriter, and poet, Patti Smith is also an accomplished painter, author, and photographer.

    36 Quotes by Patti Smith

    1. 1.

      People have the power to redeem the work of fools.

      Patti Smith

      American singer, songwriter, author and poet

    2. 2.

      I had a really happy childhood – my siblings were great, my mother was very fanciful, and I loved to read. But there was always financial strife.

      Patti Smith

      American singer, songwriter, author and poet

    3. 3.

      In the period where I had to live the life of a citizen – a life where, like everybody else, I did tons of laundry and cleaned toilet bowls, changed hundreds of diapers and nursed children – I learned a lot.

      Patti Smith

      American singer, songwriter, author and poet

    4. 4.

      I like gettin’ old.

      Patti Smith

      American singer, songwriter, author and poet

    5. 5.

      If I have any regrets, I could say that I’m sorry I wasn’t a better writer or a better singer.

      Patti Smith

      American singer, songwriter, author and poet

    6. 6.

      Horses pretty much broke as a record in England.

      Patti Smith

      American singer, songwriter, author and poet

    7. 7.

      My mother answers all my fan mail.

      Patti Smith

      American singer, songwriter, author and poet

    8. 8.

      Artists are traditionally resistant to labels.

      Patti Smith

      American singer, songwriter, author and poet

    9. 9.

      The new artists coming through were very materialistic and Hollywood, not so engaged in communication.

      Patti Smith

      American singer, songwriter, author and poet

    10. 10.

      Americans just don’t know what being a movie star’s all about.

      Patti Smith

      American singer, songwriter, author and poet

    11. 11.

      I never thought I was gonna live to 30.

      Patti Smith

      American singer, songwriter, author and poet

    12. 12.

      Never let go of that fiery sadness called desire.

      Patti Smith

      American singer, songwriter, author and poet

    13. 13.

      Then I read Little Women, and of course, like a lot of really young girls, I was very taken with Jo – Jo being the writer and the misfit.

      Patti Smith

      American singer, songwriter, author and poet

    14. 14.

      My sunglasses are like my guitar.

      Patti Smith

      American singer, songwriter, author and poet

    15. 15.

      An artist may have burdens the ordinary citizen doesn’t know, but the ordinary citizen has burdens that many artists never even touch.

      Patti Smith

      American singer, songwriter, author and poet

    16. 16.

      Rock n’ roll is dream soup, what’s your brand?

      Patti Smith

      American singer, songwriter, author and poet

    17. 17.

      I always enjoyed doing transgender songs.

      Patti Smith

      American singer, songwriter, author and poet

    18. 18.

      I have a daughter who’s 11 years old. Maybe she’ll grow up independent and really really heavy and become a movie star and she’ll play me in my life story.

      Patti Smith

      American singer, songwriter, author and poet

    19. 19.

      I think I’m constantly in a state of adjustment.

      Patti Smith

      American singer, songwriter, author and poet

    20. 20.

      When I was younger, I felt it was my duty to wake people up. I thought poetry was asleep. I thought rock ‘n’ roll was asleep.

      Patti Smith

      American singer, songwriter, author and poet

    21. 21.

      An artist is somebody who enters into competition with God.

      Patti Smith

      American singer, songwriter, author and poet

    22. 22.

      Everyone thinks of God as a man – you can’t help it – Santa Claus was a man, therefore God has to be a man.

      Patti Smith

      American singer, songwriter, author and poet

    23. 23.

      In fact, I thought my calling was to be a painter.

      Patti Smith

      American singer, songwriter, author and poet

    24. 24.

      Let’s just say that I think any person who aspires, presumes, or feels the calling to be an artist has a built-in sense of duty.

      Patti Smith

      American singer, songwriter, author and poet

    25. 25.

      In art and dream may you proceed with abandon. In life may you proceed with balance and stealth.

      Patti Smith

      American singer, songwriter, author and poet

    26. 26.

      I’ve always thrived on the encouragement of others.

      Patti Smith

      American singer, songwriter, author and poet

    27. 27.

      As far as I’m concerned, being any gender is a drag.

      Patti Smith

      American singer, songwriter, author and poet

    28. 28.

      Mohammed personally mapped out seven heavens. If he got to seven, you know there’s more.

      Patti Smith

      American singer, songwriter, author and poet

    29. 29.

      No, my work does not reflect my sexual preferences, it reflects the fact that I feel total freedom as an artist.

      Patti Smith

      American singer, songwriter, author and poet

    30. 30.

      Christianity made us think there’s one heaven.

      Patti Smith

      American singer, songwriter, author and poet

    31. 31.

      Maybe I’ll be 48 and die in the gutter in Paris.

      Patti Smith

      American singer, songwriter, author and poet

    32. 32.

      Those who have suffered understand suffering and therefore extend their hand.

      Patti Smith

      American singer, songwriter, author and poet

    33. 33.

      Somehow I started introducing writing into my drawings, and after a time, the language took over and I started getting very involved with the handwriting and then the look of the handwriting.

      Patti Smith

      American singer, songwriter, author and poet

    34. 34.

      First of all, anybody who has lasted 30 and went through the 60’s is really a survivor.

      Patti Smith

      American singer, songwriter, author and poet

    35. 35.

      Besides me wanting to be an artist, I wanted to be a movie star.

      Patti Smith

      American singer, songwriter, author and poet

    36. 36.

      Jesus died for somebody’s sins but not mine.

      Patti Smith

      American singer, songwriter, author and poet