KeenBrain
KeenBrain
KeenBrain

Patti Smith Quotes


Share this page on

Quotes by Patti Smith

Showing 51-60 of 225 Quotes by Patti Smith

When I was young, I knew William Burroughs really well. And William's secret desire, which he never quite did, was to write a straightforward detective novel.

~Patti Smith

Topics: None

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


I personally am not interested in people trying to pigeonhole me.

~Patti Smith

Topics: None

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


Nothing is a hobby - each discipline is its own world with its own high standards. Of course, every artist has 'minor works' that they do, but I don't think I have any 'minor disciplines.'

~Patti Smith

Topics: None

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


The thing I've always liked about performing is that I decide what I want to wear, whether I want to comb my hair.

~Patti Smith

Topics: None

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


Even as a child, I knew what I didn't want. I didn't want to wear red lipstick.

~Patti Smith

Topics: None

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


My father was a dreamy fellow - he read Plato and Socrates and watched Phillies games.

~Patti Smith

Topics: None

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


I get irritated with the world. I get irritated with politicians. I get very irritated with governments and with corporations, but in terms of imagination - my imagination is always fertile. I'm either thinking of my own things or constantly engaged by the things that other people do.

~Patti Smith

Topics: None

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


My mission is to stay healthy and productive and serve as a good example.

~Patti Smith

Topics: None

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


Robert Mapplethorpe asked me to write our story the day before he died. I had never written a book of nonfiction, and so it took me almost two decades to write that book.

~Patti Smith

Topics: None

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


I'm not really a musician. I'm a performer, and I love rock n' roll. I've embraced rock n' roll because it encompasses all the things I'm interested in: poetry, revolution, sexuality, political activism - all of these things can be found in rock n' roll.

~Patti Smith

Topics: None

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Musician

Born: December 30th, 1946

Links

Find Patti Smith on Amazon

Related Authors

Kurt Cobain
Bob Dylan
Eminem
Jimi Hendrix
Jim Morrison
Tupac Shakur
Frank Sinatra
Frank Zappa

Popular Authors

Thomas Aquinas Noel Coward Salvador Dali Milton Friedman Billie Jean King Demetri Martin Sun Tzu Henny Youngman

Change your beliefs...change your life.

Get a related quote or insight every day.

(it's 100% free)

Follow Us On

Today's Birthdays

1806 - Isambard K. Brunel

1821 - Charles Baudelaire

1865 - Adela Florence Nicolson

1872 - Leon Blum

1888 - Sol Hurok

1893 - Charles Simmons

1898 - Paul Robeson

1905 - J. William Fulbright

1906 - Victor Vasarely

1910 - Abraham A. Ribicoff

Birthdays on April 9th
All Birthdays

Popular Topics

Architecture Dreams Independence Learning Movies Patriotism Thankful Valentine's Day