I'm an intuitive musician. I have no real technical skills. I can only play six chords on the guitar.
Patti SmithI imagined myself as Frida to Diego, both muse and maker. I dreamed of meeting an artist to love and support and work with side by side.
Patti SmithI was a lower middle-class kid. My family had no money. There was no room in our small house where there were already four kids, including myself, living.
Patti SmithI have abandoned so many projects but in the '80s when I left public life to be married and have real children - I love my children and I would never sacrifice them for anything - I had to find a way to simultaneously be a mother and wife and fulfill my duties and still be true to myself as a writer.
Patti Smith