Patti Smith Quotes and Sayings
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Americans just don't know what being a movie star's all about. Patti Smith | Refcard PDF ↑
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An artist is somebody who enters into competition with God. Patti Smith | Refcard PDF ↑
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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 | Refcard PDF ↑
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Artists are traditionally resistant to labels. Patti Smith | Refcard PDF ↑
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As far as I'm concerned, being any gender is a drag. Patti Smith | Refcard PDF ↑
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Besides me wanting to be an artist, I wanted to be a movie star. Patti Smith | Refcard PDF ↑
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Christianity made us think there's one heaven. Patti Smith | Refcard PDF ↑
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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 | Refcard PDF ↑
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First of all, anybody who has lasted 30 and went through the 60's is really a survivor. Patti Smith | Refcard PDF ↑
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Horses pretty much broke as a record in England. Patti Smith | Refcard PDF ↑
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I always enjoyed doing transgender songs. Patti Smith | Refcard PDF ↑
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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 | Refcard PDF ↑
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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 | Refcard PDF ↑
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I like gettin' old. Patti Smith | Refcard PDF ↑
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I never thought I was gonna live to 30. Patti Smith | Refcard PDF ↑
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I think I'm constantly in a state of adjustment. Patti Smith | Refcard PDF ↑
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I've always thrived on the encouragement of others. Patti Smith | Refcard PDF ↑
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If I have any regrets, I could say that I'm sorry I wasn't a better writer or a better singer. Patti Smith | Refcard PDF ↑
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In art and dream may you proceed with abandon. In life may you proceed with balance and stealth. Patti Smith | Refcard PDF ↑
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In fact, I thought my calling was to be a painter. Patti Smith | Refcard PDF ↑
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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 | Refcard PDF ↑
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Jesus died for somebody's sins but not mine. Patti Smith | Refcard PDF ↑
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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 | Refcard PDF ↑
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Maybe I'll be 48 and die in the gutter in Paris. Patti Smith | Refcard PDF ↑
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Mohammed personally mapped out seven heavens. If he got to seven, you know there's more. Patti Smith | Refcard PDF ↑
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My mother answers all my fan mail. Patti Smith | Refcard PDF ↑
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My sunglasses are like my guitar. Patti Smith | Refcard PDF ↑
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Never let go of that fiery sadness called desire. Patti Smith | Refcard PDF ↑
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No, my work does not reflect my sexual preferences, it reflects the fact that I feel total freedom as an artist. Patti Smith | Refcard PDF ↑
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People have the power to redeem the work of fools. Patti Smith | Refcard PDF ↑
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Rock n' roll is dream soup, what's your brand? Patti Smith | Refcard PDF ↑
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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 | Refcard PDF ↑
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The new artists coming through were very materialistic and Hollywood, not so engaged in communication. Patti Smith | Refcard PDF ↑
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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 | Refcard PDF ↑
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Those who have suffered understand suffering and therefore extend their hand. Patti Smith | Refcard PDF ↑
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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 | Refcard PDF ↑