Top 223 Quotes by Patti Smith

I was raised in rural south Jersey, and there was no culture there. There was a small library, and that was it. There was nothing else.

I had a really happy childhood - my siblings were great, my mother was very fanciful, and I loved to read. But there was always financial strife.

I'm not a very analytical person.

I know I'm a strong performer. I'm not an evolved musician.

I'm an intuitive musician. I have no real technical skills. I can only play six chords on the guitar.

I have a lot of energy, and I like to work.

As a citizen, hopefully I'm humanist. As an artist, I'm free.

I'm not part of any movement; I don't like being fettered.

I was born in 1946, so I was born on the tail end of when everything was deemed important. You made things to last. If you came from a poor family, there was only one can opener.

I don't stay in one discipline because it's more lucrative than another. In fact, the most successful thing I ever did was 'Just Kids,' for which I had absolutely no expectations.