Quote by Patti Smith
Im not saying I wasnt flawed or amateurish. But you can never say

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

Other quotes by Patti Smith

What I wanted to do in rock n roll was merge poetry with sonic scapes, and the two people who had contributed so much to that were Jimi Hendrix and Jim Morrison. – Patti Smith

Category:
Poetry
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When I was younger, I felt it was my duty to wake people up. I thought poetry was asleep. I thought rock n roll was asleep. – Patti Smith

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Poetry
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I dont think the Palestinian people or Afghan children or some other things Im concerned about are at the top of other peoples agendas – not right now, when America is going through such a recession and people are suffering across the board financially. But I think all that will change. – Patti Smith

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Change
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Other Quotes from
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I may be kindly, I am ordinarily gentle, but in my line of business I am obliged to will terribly what I will at all. – Catherine the Great

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Business

It is clearly better that property should be private, but the use of it common and the special business of the legislator is to create in men this benevolent disposition. – Aristotle

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Business

The music business is motivated by money. Music is motivated by energy and feelings. – Erykah Badu

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Business

Writing fiction is for me a fraught business, an occasion of daily dread for at least the first half of the novel, and sometimes all the way through. The work process is totally different from writing nonfiction. You have to sit down every day and make it up. – Joan Didion

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Business

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I know in my heart that man is good. That what is right will always eventually triumph. And theres purpose and worth to each and every life. – Ronald Reagan

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good

Dont do anything by half. If you love someone, love them with all your soul. When you go to work, work your ass off. When you hate someone, hate them until it hurts. – Henry Rollins

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And I now think that Stratocasters and Telecasters are way cool. – John Fogerty

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Journalism will kill you, but it will keep you alive while youre at it. – Horace Greeley

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Journalism