Patti Smith Quotes & Sayings (Page 6)

“I've always thrived on the encouragement of others.”

“If I have any regrets, I could say that I'm sorry I wasn't a better writer or a better singer.”

“The thing I've always liked about performing is that I decide what I want to wear, whether I want to comb my hair.”

“I have great respect for my parents. I got such beautiful things from both of them. It doesn't mean that we didn't have our rough times, but they were remarkable people who were open-minded, creative and hard-working, and had great senses of humor.”

“Everyone has a creative impulse, and has the right to create, and should.”

“I personally am not interested in people trying to pigeonhole me.”

“The new artists coming through were very materialistic and Hollywood, not so engaged in communication.”

“Somehow I started introducing writing into my drawings, and after a time, the language took over and I started getting very involved with the handwriting and then the look of the handwriting.”

“I'm a worker. I do the work to communicate, and I want people to embrace it, and when they do I'm happy.”

“People called me the godmother of punk, but I never name myself anything.”