Patti Smith



Patricia Lee Smith (born December 30, 1946) is an American singer-songwriter and poet.

Quotes

 * Americans just don't know what being a movie star's all about.

Lyrics
For somebody's sins But not mine.
 * Jesus died
 * Gloria: In Excelsis Deo, from Horses (1975)

Riding on a copper wave Do you like the world around you? Are you ready to behave?
 * Look around you, all around you
 * Rock N Roll Nigger, from Easter (1978)

I have not sold myself to God!
 * He spared the child and spoiled the rod
 * Babelogue, from Easter (1978)

To redeem the work of fools Upon the meek the graces shower It's decreed the people rule.
 * People have the power
 * People Have the Power, from Dream of Life (1988)

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?
 * Life is filled with holes
 * Land

About Patti Smith

 * 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.