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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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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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Then I read Little Women, and of course, like a lot of really young girls, I was very taken with Jo – Jo being the writer and the misfit. – Patti Smith

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The new artists coming through were very materialistic and Hollywood, not so engaged in communication. – Patti Smith

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Colloquial poetry is to the real art as the barbers wax dummy is to sculpture. – Ezra Pound

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The cliche is dead poetry. – Gerald Brenan

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Fiction will always be my greatest love, with poetry close behind. – J. Courtney Sullivan

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Poetry heals the wounds inflicted by reason. – Novalis

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