Patti Smith

Birthday: 30 December 1946, Chicago, Illinois, USA

Birth Name: Patricia Lee Smith

Height: 172 cm

Patti Smith was born on December 30, 1946 in Chicago, Illinois, USA as Patricia Lee Smith. She was previously married to Fred 'Sonic' Smith.

Some of us are born rebellious. Like Jean Genet or Arthur Rimbaud, I roam these mean streets like a ...Show more »

Some of us are born rebellious. Like Jean Genet or Arthur Rimbaud, I roam these mean streets like a villain, a vagabond, an outcast, scavenging for the scraps that may perchance plummet off humanity's dirty plates, though often sometimes taking a cab to a restaurant is more convenient. Show less «

[on Johnny Depp] I think, at heart, he is a musician. I've never really seen him without a guitar. H...Show more »

[on Johnny Depp] I think, at heart, he is a musician. I've never really seen him without a guitar. He keeps two or three guitars with him most of the time. Sometimes, on a long drive, he'll have one in the car. That is how devoted to music he is. Show less «

I wasn't writing my own songs yet, so I was using other people's songs as a vehicle. The reason we d...Show more »

I wasn't writing my own songs yet, so I was using other people's songs as a vehicle. The reason we did "Land of a Thousand Dances" and "Gloria" on "Horses" was because I liked repetitious, three-chord rock songs but I didn't understand that I could write my own. I didn't realize that you could use those chords a million times. Show less «

[on friendship] Those who have suffered understand suffering and therefore extend their hand.

Americans just don't know what being a movie star's all about. That's the whole thing for me - movie...Show more »

Americans just don't know what being a movie star's all about. That's the whole thing for me - movies. Show less «

[on her tribute to Amy Winehouse with the song, "This is the Girl"] It was done really lovingly. As ...Show more »

[on her tribute to Amy Winehouse with the song, "This is the Girl"] It was done really lovingly. As soon as I heard about when she died, I sat down and wrote her a little poem and my bass player wrote a piece of music that resonated the poem. It is a song I wish we never had to write. Show less «

I wrote "Horses" for Michael Stipe. I wrote "Horses" for Morrissey. And they found it.

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