Patti Smith Roll Quotations

I don't believe people playing rock n' roll should have crowns. We're not kings and queens. Anybody can play it.

I loved being a rock and roll star, but it wasn't what I wanted in life.

You're not a rock n' roll person four hours a day or even when you're on stage. It's become the rhythm of your whole life.

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.

It's taken me other places, but it was the impulse to write that led me to singing. I'm not a musician. I never thought of performing in a rock n' roll band. I was just drawn in. It was like being called to duty - I was called to duty, and I did my duty as best as I could.

It was always my belief that rock and roll belonged in the hands of the people, not rock stars.

I immersed myself in books and rock 'n' roll, the adolescent salvation ...

I'm not really a musician. I'm a performer and I love rock 'n' roll.

My mother loved rock and roll. She loved high-energy music.

I always wrote like rock 'n' roll. And I always listen to rock 'n' roll as poetry.

You're not a rock 'n' roll person four hours a day or even when you're on stage. It's become the rhythm of your whole life.

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. But I am also engaged in all of these things separately.