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    Patti Smith

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    I had to learn, really, how to rein in my energies and discipline myself. And I found it very very useful. I rebelled against it at first, but it's a good thing to have. ↗


    — Patti Smith

    #against #discipline #energies #first #found

    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

    #daughter #grow #grow up #heavy #i

    I know I'm a strong performer. I'm not an evolved musician. ↗


    — Patti Smith

    #i #know #musician #performer #strong

    I like gettin' old. ↗


    — Patti Smith

    #i #like #old

    I loved books; I read my childhood away. I was more interested in my interior world. ↗


    — Patti Smith

    #books #childhood #i #interested #interior

    I never felt oppressed because of my gender. When I'm writing a poem or drawing, I'm not a female; I'm an artist. ↗


    — Patti Smith

    #because #drawing #felt #female #gender

    I never thought I was gonna live to 30. ↗


    — Patti Smith

    #i #live #never #thought

    I want to be around a really long time. I want to be a thorn in the side of everything as long as possible. ↗


    — Patti Smith

    #everything #i #long #long time #possible

    I wanted to go to Portland because it's a really good book town. ↗


    — Patti Smith

    #book #go #good #good book #i

    I wrote every day. I don't think I could have written 'Just Kids' had I not spent all of the 80s developing my craft as a writer. ↗


    — Patti Smith

    #craft #day #developing #every #every day






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    Did you know about Patti Smith?

    Smith has recorded a cover of Buddy Holly's classic "Words of Love" for the CD Rave On Buddy Holly a tribute album tied to Holly's seventy-fifth birthday year which was released June 28 2011. A box set of her work up to that time The Patti Smith Masters came out in 1996 and 2002 saw the release of Land (1975–2002) a two-CD compilation that includes a memorable cover of Prince's "When Doves Cry". In the winter of 2004/2005 Smith toured again with Nader in a series of rallies against the Iraq War and called for the impeachment of George W.

    On November 17 2010 Patti Smith won the National Book Award for her memoir Just Kids. Called the "Godmother of Punk" her work was a fusion of rock and poetry.

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