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When I was younger, I felt it was my duty to wake people up. I tho

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

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

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I dont think American poetry has gotten any better in the past 35 years. Oddly enough, creative writing programs seem to have been good for fiction, and I would not have predicted that. – Robert Morgan

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Poetry surrounds us everywhere, but putting it on paper is, alas, not so easy as looking at it. – Vincent Van Gogh

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Poetry is a special use of language that opens onto the real. The business of the poet is truth telling, which is why in the Celtic tradition no one could be a teacher unless he or she was a poet. – Huston Smith

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“Therefore” is a word the poet must not know. – André Gide

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I think when you move past your fear and you go after your dreams wholeheartedly, you become free. – LL Cool J

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I know where Im going and I have told the French. I am sure if hope is there, we will be able to put France back on its feet… to live better in five years than we do today. – Francois Hollande

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People are so worried about what they eat between Christmas and the New Year, but they really should be worried about what they eat between the New Year and Christmas. – Author unknown

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