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

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

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Im not saying I wasnt flawed or amateurish. But you can never say I did anything to appease the music business. – Patti Smith

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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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Poetry,—the language of the Imagination and the Passions,—the oldest and most beauteous offspring of Literature. – Frederick Hinde, Poetry, a lecture delivered in London on the evening of April 8

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Poetry is the art of uniting pleasure with truth. – Samuel Johnson

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Ive written for every medium except poetry, at which I suck. – J. Michael Straczynski

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Poetry is the rhythmical creation of beauty in words. – Edgar Allan Poe

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The future is hidden by a dark impenetrable veil, and yet we struggle to pierce through it. – Joseph Barber Lightfoot

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The mind that is anxious about the future is miserable. – Lucius Annaeus Seneca

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