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Quote by Patti Smith
What I wanted to do in rock n roll was merge poetry with sonic sca

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

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