I remember when the Bic pen was controversial. They came from France. They were cheap, and when one was out of ink, you threw it away; you didn't dip it into more ink.
From Patti Smith
If you feel good about who you are inside, it will radiate.
I get up, and if I feel out of sorts, I'll do some exercises, I'll feed my cat, then I go get my coffee, take a notebook, and write for a couple of hours.
Sometimes you're doing really well, then, after three or four years, everything inexplicably crashes like a house of cards and you have to rebuild it. It's not like you get to a point where you're all right for the rest of your life.
If I feel any marginalisation, it's because the things that concern me aren't so important to other people.
Nothing will stifle your human evolution more than fame and fortune.
It was always my belief that rock and roll belonged in the hands of the people, not rock stars.
First of all, anybody who has lasted 30 and went through the 60's is really a survivor.
What I say should always be prefaced with this: I'm not really politically articulate. I just try to be like Thomas Paine: what is common sense? So when I say these things to you, I am speaking from a humanist point of view. I just look around and see what's wrong.
An artist wears his work in place of wounds.
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