Jesus died for somebody's sins but not mine. Patti Smith More Quotes by Patti Smith More Quotes From Patti Smith I had a handful of records, but when I was 11 years old, I liked Puccini as much as Little Richard. They both made sense to me. Patti Smith recordslittlesyears A lot of children don't have a developed aesthetic. I did. I made early choices in life, even about cloth; I liked flannel and not polyester. Patti Smith flannelschoiceschildren I always know that everything I do is the best I could do. Patti Smith knows People don't realize we have these built-in seven-league boots. The body can go anywhere. It is physically capable of sustaining almost any kind of abuse, or any dream. Patti Smith leaguedreampeople Truthfully, I don't really think of myself as a photographer. I don't have all the disciplines and knowledge of a person who's spent their life devoted to photography. Patti Smith disciplinephotographythinking First of all, anybody who has lasted 30 and went through the 60's is really a survivor. Patti Smith survivorfirsts The new artists coming through were very materialistic and Hollywood, not so engaged in communication. Patti Smith hollywoodcommunicationartist I reflected on the fact that no matter how good I aspired to be, I was never going to achieve perfection Patti Smith perfectionmatterfacts Both of them were ahead of their time, but they didn't live long enough to see the time they were ahead of. Patti Smith enoughlong We needed time to figure out what all of this meant, how we were going to come to terms and redefine what our love was called. I learned from him that often contradiction is the clearest way to truth. Patti Smith our-lovecontradictionway Writing is not some quiet, closet act. Patti Smith closetswritingquiet You don't want to OD on improvisation. Patti Smith improvisationcraftswant I walk alone, assaulted it seems, by tears from heaven. Patti Smith dreamloveheaven Will you pretend you're my boyfriend? Patti Smith my-boyfriend Ultimately, I want to make everyone horny. Patti Smith hornymusicwant Angel looks down at him and says, “Oh, pretty boy, Can't you show me nothing but surrender? Patti Smith angelboyslooks He dreamed of amassing musicians from all over the world in Woodstock and they would sit in a field in a circle and play and play. It didn't matter what key or tempo or what melody, they would keep on playing through their discordance until they found a common language. Patti Smith circleskeysplay What is the soul? What color is it? I suspected my soul, being mischievous, might slip away while I was dreaming and fail to return. I did my best not to fall asleep, to keep it inside of me where it belonged. Patti Smith colordreamfall I was so unhealthy as a child, and at least three or four times my parents were told to get ready, that I would not make it. Patti Smith fourparentchildren The film [Dream of Life] looks at a time in my life. Patti Smith filmdreamlooks
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