Patti Smith
Patricia Lee Smith (born December 30, 1946) is an American singer-songwriter and poet.
Quotes
[edit]- Americans just don't know what being a movie star's all about.
- Cohen, Scott (1976-12-14). Patti Smith: Can You Hear Me Ethiopia?. Circus Magazine.
Lyrics
[edit]- Jesus died
For somebody's sins
But not mine.- Gloria: In Excelsis Deo, from Horses (1975)
- Look around you, all around you
Riding on a copper wave
Do you like the world around you?
Are you ready to behave?- Rock N Roll Nigger, from Easter (1978)
- He spared the child and spoiled the rod
I have not sold myself to God!- Babelogue, from Easter (1978)
- People have the power
To redeem the work of fools
Upon the meek the graces shower
It's decreed the people rule.- People Have the Power, from Dream of Life (1988)
- Life is filled with holes
Johnny's laying there in his sperm coffin
The angel looks down at him and says "Oh, pretty boy
Can't you show me nothing but surrender?- Land
About Patti Smith
[edit]- The vital importance of Patti Smith in the history of rock and roll music cannot be overstated. An icon of the New York art scene, Smith was instrumental in the development of punk and alternative rock. From the floors of Max’s Kansas City and the CBGB club, Smith orchestrated a musical revolution that still maintains its relevance to this day, five decades later. Despite her undisputed position as the queen of punk rock, Smith’s cultural diet is incredibly broad, incorporating everything from Motown to noise rock.
- Patti Smith, the rock n roll legend...as Patti Smith sings famously, "People have the power."
- Amy Goodman Democracy Now!: Twenty Years Covering the Movements Changing America (2017) p 184
- Her writing is so brilliant and beautiful.
- Alice Hoffman Interview with Goodreads (2017)
- She is a soldier. She will not be defeated.
- Manson, Shirley (2004-04-15). The Immortals: The First Fifty. Rolling Stone Issue 946. Rolling Stone.
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- Poets from the United States
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- Rock singers
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- 1946 births
- Living people
- Punk rock singers
- Guitarists from the United States
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- Blues rock bands
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