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Famous Patti Smith Quotes
“The only way I can lose my mind in bed is to destroy myself in a fantasy.”
“Hung-up women can't produce anything but mediocre art, and there ain't no room for mediocre art.”
“I always wrote like rock 'n' roll. And I always listen to rock 'n' roll as poetry.”
“I like energy. I like to feel it cracklin', I like sexual energy in a room, and I like tension.”
“People like beauty and purity. They pretend that's what it's all about.”
“I was real religious when I was young. I wanted to be a missionary.”
“I had this idea that the coolest thing that could happen to you was talking with God.”
“Outside of society, if you're looking that's where you'll find me.”
“Spare the child and spoil the rod, I am not sellin' myself to god.”
“If you don't have what you need, just rock with what you've got!”
“He found it was as easy to hurl beauty as anything else. (On Robert Mapplethorpe)”