“I have great respect for my parents. I got such beautiful things from both of them. It doesn't mean that we didn't have our rough times, but they were remarkable people who were open-minded, creative ...”

Patti Smith

“Please, no matter how we advance technologically, please don't abandon the book. There is nothing in our material world more beautiful than the book."(Acceptance speech, National Book Award 2010 (Nonf...”

Patti Smith

“I refuse to believe that Hendrix had the last possessed hand,that Joplin had the last drunken throat,that Morrison had the last enlightened mind.”

Patti Smith

“Make your interactions with people transformational, not just transactional.”

Patti Smith

“Why can't I write something that would awake the dead? That pursuit is what burns most deeply.”

Patti Smith