Patti Smith Quotes

456 quotes · Musician

Page 34 of 38

Patti Smith Quotes

All Creative Angry Hopeful Love Spiritual 456 quotes · page 34 of 38

Musician

Hopeful

“We believe we will raise the sky, we got to fly over the land, over the sea. Fate unwinds and if we die, souls arise. God, do not seize me please.”

Believe Sea Fate

♥ 3

Patti Smith

Musician

Melancholic

“I started going to Bible school really early in life. Being raised a Jehovah's Witness, I had to read the Bible over and over. These stories were so horrifying and really difficult to reconcile. For me, Noah wasn't the story of the graham cracker box with the little animals it was horrifying. I would ask the same questions as a child. "Well, what about the little kids? What about the dogs and cats?"”

Children School Dog

♥ 3

Creative

“I'm an artist. I'm interested in how art gets made.”

Art Artist Made

♥ 3

Spiritual

“I was real religious when I was young. I wanted to be a missionary.”

Real Religious

♥ 3

Spiritual

“I had this idea that the coolest thing that could happen to you was talking with God.”

Ideas Talking

♥ 3

Creative

“I can't bear working with a click track, we're not click track people. But for "Mercy Is ..." we all got in one mind because the song is delicate; it's not a song that showcases a vocal or some virtuoso.”

People Song Track

♥ 3

Angry

“People say the media is feeding the public's hunger for celebrity news, but that's the drug pusher's mentality. I don't think anybody would be pining for news about Angelina Jolie's babies if it weren't being given to them in the first place.”

Thinking Baby Media

♥ 3

Creative

“When I was working on the lyrics, I thought of all the lullabies we learn as children: "Away in the Manger," William Blake's lullabies. I realized that the key to lullabies is simplicity.”

Children Simplicity Lullaby

♥ 3

Hopeful

“I don't think the Palestinian people or Afghan children or some other things I'm concerned about are at the top of other people's agendas - not right now, when America is going through such a recession and people are suffering across the board financially. But I think all that will change.”

Thinking Children America

♥ 3

Creative

“You're not a rock 'n' roll person four hours a day or even when you're on stage. It's become the rhythm of your whole life.”

Rocks Four Rock N Roll

♥ 3

Creative

“The hand above turns those leaves of loves, all in all a timeless view. Each dream of life flung from paradise everlasting, ever new.”

Dream Hands Views

♥ 3

Angry

“That whole thing about masturbating. Most girls, I guess nobody has to tell them, they just figure it out. I had to be told. Some girl actually had to show me a hairbrush and demonstrate exactly what to do. I just never figured that stuff out naturally.”

Girl Stuff Figures

♥ 3