870 Quotes by Patti Smith

I'm not really a nostalgic person.

If I've learned one thing in life, it's not to be so judgmental of other people.

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

I don't expect a big crowd. But hopefully if this first meeting is interesting the word will spread.

I'd just make sure with anything I say I know what I'm talking about.

Sure I destroyed my guitar at every concert, but it was okay, because I'd always get a shiny new one the very next day.

I'm not afraid of terrorism at all. I'm afraid of loss of our freedom, loss of mobility, loss of global comradeship.

I don't have an image of myself, when I'm walking down the street, like I'm a rock star or something. I'm a human being, I'm a friend, I'm a mom, I'm a writer, and I'm an artist. I do play electric guitar and all of that but in the end I'm just a person. I really don't live like a rock star, economically or socially. I still live a pretty simple life beside the traveling aspect of it.

I never thought of being a performer, never thought of being a singer, never thought of being a photographer. It's just the trajectory of my work. I go to the medium that serves the vision.