Patti Smith Quotes About Songs

Quotes about: Songs

• Poetry is a solitary process. One does not write poetry for the masses. Poetry is a self-involved, lofty pursuit. Songs are for the people. When I'm writing a song, I imagine performing it. I imagine giving it. It's a different aspect of communication. It's for the people.

  Patti Smith

  Song, Communication, Writing

• Often the simplest song is the hardest to write.

  Patti Smith

  Song, Writing, Hardest

• I always enjoyed doing transgender songs.

  Patti Smith

  Song, Transgender, Enjoyed

  "'Even as a child, I felt like an alien'". Interview with Simon Reynolds, www.theguardian.com. May 22, 2005.

• I can't bear working with a click track, we're not click track people. But for "Mercy Is ..." we all got in one mind because the song is delicate; it's not a song that showcases a vocal or some virtuoso.

  Patti Smith

  Song, People, Track

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

• If your label won't let you have the cover you want or sing the songs you want, then leave!

  Patti Smith

  Song, Want, Labels

• When I was a teenager, I dreamed of being an opera singer like Maria Callas or a jazz singer like June Christy or Chris Connor, or approaching songs with the kind of mystical lethargy of Billie Holiday, or championing the downtrodden like Lotte Lenya. But I never dreamed of singing in a rock-and-roll band.

  Patti Smith

  Song, Teenager, Holiday

  "Rocker Patti Smith, 'Dream Of Life'". "Talk of the Nation" with Neal Conan, www.npr.org. December 30, 2009.

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