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I wanted to go to Portland because it's a really good book town. ↗

— Patti Smith

#book #go #good #good book #i

I wrote every day. I don't think I could have written 'Just Kids' had I not spent all of the 80s developing my craft as a writer. ↗

— Patti Smith

#craft #day #developing #every #every day

I'm a worker. I do the work to communicate, and I want people to embrace it, and when they do I'm happy. ↗

— Patti Smith

#embrace #happy #i #i do #people

I've always looked the same. Since I was a child, I hated having to deal with my hair. I hated having to change my clothes. As a kid, I had a sailor shirt and the same old corduroy pants, and that's what I wanted to wear everyday. ↗

— Patti Smith

#change #child #clothes #deal #everyday

I've always thrived on the encouragement of others. ↗

— Patti Smith

#encouragement #i #others #thrived

I've written a lot of prose. I just haven't published it. ↗

— Patti Smith

#i #just #lot #prose #published

If I have any regrets, I could say that I'm sorry I wasn't a better writer or a better singer. ↗

— Patti Smith

#better #better singer #could #i #regrets

Let's just say that I think any person who aspires, presumes, or feels the calling to be an artist has a built-in sense of duty. ↗

— Patti Smith

#artist #aspires #built-in #calling #duty

Maybe I'll be 48 and die in the gutter in Paris. ↗

— Patti Smith

#gutter #i #maybe #paris

Mohammed personally mapped out seven heavens. If he got to seven, you know there's more. ↗

— Patti Smith

#heavens #know #mapped #mohammed #more