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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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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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No, my work does not reflect my sexual preferences, it reflects the fact that I feel total freedom as an artist. – 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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Im sorry, man, but Ive got magic. Ive got poetry in my fingertips. Most of the time – and this includes naps – Im an F-18, bro. And I will destroy you in the air. I will deploy my ordinance to the ground. – Charlie Sheen

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I think that the job of poetry, its political job, is to refresh the idea of justice, which is going dead in us all the time. – Robert Hass

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Deep feeling doesnt make for good poetry. A way with language would be a bit of help. – Thom Gunn

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We dont attempt to have any theme for a number of the anthology, or to have any particular sequence. We just put in things that we like, and then we try to alternate the prose and the poetry. – James Laughlin

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