I wanted to go to Portland because it's a really good book town.
From Patti Smith
I came into music because I thought the presentation of poetry wasn't vibrant enough. So I merged improvised poetry with basic rock chords. That was my original mission.
I'm an intuitive musician. I have no real technical skills. I can only play six chords on the guitar.
I know I'm a strong performer. I'm not an evolved musician.
I'm a worker. I do the work to communicate, and I want people to embrace it, and when they do I'm happy.
I'm not a very analytical person.
When I was young, I knew William Burroughs really well. And William's secret desire, which he never quite did, was to write a straightforward detective novel.
I personally am not interested in people trying to pigeonhole me.
Nothing is a hobby - each discipline is its own world with its own high standards. Of course, every artist has 'minor works' that they do, but I don't think I have any 'minor disciplines.'
Everyone has a creative impulse, and has the right to create, and should.
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