I reflected on the fact that no matter how good I aspired to be, I was never going to achieve perfection
Patti SmithWhat 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 SmithThe only parts I like out of any of those women books is the dirty parts. But I don't think their dirty parts are any good, really.
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