“Yet you could feel a vibration in the air, a sense of hastening. It had started with the moon, inaccessible poem that it was. Now men had walked upon it, rubber treads on a pearl of the gods. Perhaps it was an awareness of time passing, the last summer of the decade. Sometimes I just wanted to raise my hands and stop. But stop what? Maybe just growing up.”
Patti Smith is an influential American singer-songwriter, born on December 30, 1946. Known for her unique musical style and poetic lyrics, she is considered one of the pioneers of post-punk and punk rock. Smith's music career began in the 1970s, and she quickly became a star in the underground music scene. Her debut album 'Horses' was released in 1975 and is considered a landmark in punk rock. more
“History, writing, infect after a time a man's sense of himself.”
“I am mindful not only of preserving executive powers for myself, but for predecessors as well.”
“You are a good young man," she said. "But I do not like husbands. I will never have another.”
“Human existence basically is──a never to be completed imperfect tense.”
“Happiness: being able to forget or, to express in a more learned fashion.”
“Without forgetting it is quite impossible to live at all.”