Quotes by Beatnik The only thing I really wanted to be was a beatnik, and look what happened: I ended up being in a band. Debbie Harry beatnik band looks I'm not a beatnik. I'm a Catholic. Jack Kerouac beatnik catholic My style of performance poetry came from the beatniks, Allen Ginsberg. Patti Smith beatnik ginsberg style At 14 and 15, I was sort of my town's resident beatnik. Garth Risk Hallberg resident sort town beatnik