Quote by Patti Smith
I came into music because I thought the presentation of poetry was

I came into music because I thought the presentation of poetry wasnt vibrant enough. So I merged improvised poetry with basic rock chords. – Patti Smith

Other quotes by Patti Smith

The idea of redemption is always good news, even if it means sacrifice or some difficult times. – Patti Smith

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good
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My mom loved rock n roll. My father hated it. We couldnt play it when he was around. – Patti Smith

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mom
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From very early on in my childhood – four, five years old – I felt alien to the human race. I felt very comfortable with thinking I was from another planet, because I felt disconnected – I was very tall and skinny, and I didnt look like anybody else, I didnt even look like any member of my family. – Patti Smith

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Family
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Poetry
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Painting is silent poetry, and poetry is painting that speaks. – Plutarch

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Poetry

Ive written some poetry I dont understand myself. – Carl Sandburg

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Poetry

We read Robert Brownings poetry. Here we needed no guidance from the professor: the poems themselves were enough. – Carl Sandburg

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Poetry

Poetry should… should strike the reader as a wording of his own highest thoughts, and appear almost a remembrance. – John Keats

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Poetry

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I feel like the people from Iceland have a different relationship with their country than other places. Most Icelandic people are really proud to be from there, and we dont have embarrassments like World War II where we were cruel to other people. – Bjork

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No foreigner has a place asking another people, another country, to change their constitution. – Hamid Karzai

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