When I was younger, I felt it was my duty to wake people up. I thought poetry was asleep. I thought rock 'n' roll was asleep. Download Download Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Rotate quotes asleep duty felt
I'm not really a musician. I'm a performer, and I love rock n' roll. I've embraced rock n' roll because it encompasses all the things I'm interested in: poetry, revolution, sexuality, political activism - all of these things can be found in rock n' roll. Patti Smith activismembraceencompass share on social
To me, punk rock is the freedom to create, freedom to be successful, freedom to not be successful, freedom to be who you are. It's freedom. Patti Smith createfreedompunk Change image and share on social
If you feel good about who you are inside, it will radiate. Patti Smith feelgoodinside Change image and share on social
My feeling for reality TV isn't ironic, guilty, or apologetic. Reality TV is one of the few remaining modes of popular entertainment in which characterization is permitted as plot. Andrea Seigel apologeticcharacterizationentertainment Change image and share on social
I think hallucinations need to be discussed. There are all sorts of hallucinations, and then many sorts which are okay, like the ones I think which most of us have in bed at night before we fall asleep, when we can see all sorts of patterns or faces and scenes. Oliver Sacks asleepbeddiscuss share on social
Most reporters who come to me get their stories directly from press releases. Very few do what one would consider to be their professional duty. Joey Skaggs directlydutypress Change image and share on social