Patti Smith
American singer, songwriter, author and poet
Patricia Lee Smith (born December 30, 1946) is an American singer-songwriter and poet.
Quotes
edit- Americans just don't know what being a movie star's all about.
- Cohen, Scott (1976-12-14). Patti Smith: Can You Hear Me Ethiopia?. Circus Magazine.
Lyrics
edit- Jesus died
For somebody's sins
But not mine.- Gloria: In Excelsis Deo, from Horses (1975)
- Look around you, all around you
Riding on a copper wave
Do you like the world around you?
Are you ready to behave?- Rock N Roll Nigger, from Easter (1978)
- He spared the child and spoiled the rod
I have not sold myself to God!- Babelogue, from Easter (1978)
- People have the power
To redeem the work of fools
Upon the meek the graces shower
It's decreed the people rule.- People Have the Power, from Dream of Life (1988)
- Life is filled with holes
Johnny's laying there in his sperm coffin
The angel looks down at him and says "Oh, pretty boy
Can't you show me nothing but surrender?- Land
About Patti Smith
edit- Patti Smith, the rock n roll legend...as Patti Smith sings famously, "People have the power."
- Amy Goodman Democracy Now!: Twenty Years Covering the Movements Changing America (2017) p 184
- Her writing is so brilliant and beautiful.
- Alice Hoffman Interview with Goodreads (2017)
- She is a soldier. She will not be defeated.
- Manson, Shirley (2004-04-15). The Immortals: The First Fifty. Rolling Stone Issue 946. Rolling Stone.
