Patti Smith

Christianity made us think there's one heaven. ↗

— Patti Smith

#heaven #made #think #us

C'mon, I mean who didn't listen to 'The Who' in the 60s? ↗

— Patti Smith

#listen #mean #mon #who

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

#claus #everyone #god #help #man

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

— Patti Smith

#first #first of all #lasted #really #survivor

Horses pretty much broke as a record in England. ↗

— Patti Smith

#england #horses #much #pretty #record

I am not really certain how original my contribution to music is as I am obviously an amateur. ↗

— Patti Smith

#amateur #certain #contribution #how #i

I came into music because I thought the presentation of poetry wasn't vibrant enough. So I merged improvised poetry with basic rock chords. ↗

— Patti Smith

#because #came #chords #enough #i

I don't think the area of Jerusalem should be part of a Jewish state; it belongs to all people, to Christians and Muslims and the Jewish people. ↗

— Patti Smith

#belongs #christians #i #jerusalem #jewish

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

#childhood #fanciful #financial #great #had

I dreamed of having a book of my own, of writing one that I could put on a shelf. ↗

— Patti Smith

#could #dreamed #having #i #my own