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Patti Smith

  • “Best of everything there was / and everything there is to come / is often undocumented.”

    • Patti Smith,
    • in Susan Shapiro, "Patti Smith: Somewhere, Over the Rimbaud," Crawdaddy ()

  • “Never let go of the fiery sadness called desire.”

    • Patti Smith,
    • in The New York Times Book Review ()

  • “As far as I'm concerned, being any gender is a drag.”

    • Patti Smith,
    • 1975, in Jan Clausen, Beyond Gay or Straight ()

  • “I am the spring the holy ground / I am the seed of mystery / the thorn the veil the face of grace / the brazen image the thief of sleep / the ambassador of dreams / the prince of peace.”

    • Patti Smith,
    • "Easter," Patti Smith Complete 1975-2006 ()

  • “Those who have suffered understand suffering / and thereby extend their hand.”

    • Patti Smith,
    • "Rock n Roll Nigger," Patti Smith Complete 1975-2006 ()

  • “The people have the power / The power to dream to rule / To wrestle the world from fools ...”

    • Patti Smith,
    • "People Have the Power," Patti Smith Complete 1975-2006 ()

  • “When I perform I always opt for communication with God and in pursuit of communicating with God you can fall into some very dangerous territory. I have also come to realize that total communication with God is physical death.”

    • Patti Smith

Patti Smith, U.S. singer, songwriter, poet, visual artist

(1946)

Full name: Patricia Lee Smith.