Decades later I would look into my father's eyes and try to reach past the murkiness of Alzheimer's with my words, my apology, hoping that in his heart he heard me and understood.


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I don't stay in one discipline because it's more lucrative than another. In fact, the most s...
PATTI SMITH
I would rather write or record something great and have it overlooked than do mediocre work and have...
PATTI SMITH
I'm not afraid of terrorism at all. I'm afraid of loss of our freedom, loss of mobility, los...
PATTI SMITH
I didn't love Jim Morrison 'cause he was self-destructive. I loved him because of his work. ...
PATTI SMITH
I came into music because I thought the presentation of poetry wasn't vibrant enough. So I merge...
PATTI SMITH
I think the men in L.A. are very rugged, good-looking. Men in New York look metro with their manis a...
PATTI STANGER
I admire the kids being able to take this kind of pressure. They work for four years and everything ...
PATTI HOCH
It's nothing short of miraculous.
PATTI HOCH
I'm ecstatic over the two relays, especially the 200 free because that is our shot at state. It's se...
PATTI HOCH
I can't expect 13 girls with nine freshmen to be able to go out there and hold their own. I also don...
PATTI HOCH
For our relays, I was looking at the times they are swimming and comparing them to last year, and I ...
PATTI HOCH
For all my seniors, we've been mainly focusing on how we are going into the sectional. Everybody has...
PATTI HOCH
Oh, he's just trying to get an easier practice.
PATTI HOCH
We have good swimmers, but we go in down nine, eight or seven points before the meet even starts. Th...
PATTI HOCH
I appreciate what those guys are doing out there. I don't know anything about diving because my back...
PATTI HOCH
In America, it stands out, because it's raw, it's big, it's emotional. My face is raw, b...
PATTI LUPONE
Think back to yourself at age 18. I know I was mighty different than the Patti I am today. As we gro...
PATTI STANGER
The rich are different. Their wants are very high maintenance. They'll pick eye color and hair c...
PATTI STANGER
Music television is all about the media-oriented version of what it is to be a rock star; it's n...
PATTI SMITH
What I wanted to do in rock 'n roll was merge poetry with sonic scapes, and the two people who h...
PATTI SMITH
Let me say I was trained at Juilliard. I have a very high standard. I expect everybody around me to ...
PATTI LUPONE
Somehow I started introducing writing into my drawings, and after a time, the language took over and...
PATTI SMITH
I have great respect for my parents. I got such beautiful things from both of them. It doesn't m...
PATTI SMITH
Every time your heart is broken, a doorway cracks open to a world full of new beginnings, new opport...
PATTI ROBERTS
What has happened is, not only has CEIFA not really worked as far as the formula goes, but it hasn't...
PATTI PAWLING
Glitter In Their Eyes,
PATTI SMITH
I absolutely remember where I was when I first heard it. It got me through adolescence.
PATTI SMITH
Those who have suffered understand suffering and therefore extend their hand.
PATTI SMITH
It would go back and forth between the two of us and then it would go over here and bang its head on...
PATTI SMITH
Ask Me Anything.
PATTI SMITH
He's so humble, and he is always willing to do whatever you ask him to do.
PATTI SMITH
I don't expect a big crowd. But hopefully if this first meeting is interesting the word will spread.
PATTI SMITH
I have another son that's in Iraq right now. So, it's not all the way over for us. But, if we can ta...
PATTI SMITH
We used to have to use the senior citizens hall for Christmas concerts.
PATTI BYERS
I have spoken to a friend of mine. Actually, she was my background singer and she lives in New Orlea...
PATTI LABELLE
I think these folks have been very real. When you have a birth of a baby, when you have to travel wi...
PATTI MILLIGAN
The thing is that as you grow through life, the pursuit of art and the pursuit of new ideas, all the...
PATTI SMITH
My mom loved rock n' roll. My father hated it. We couldn't play it when he was around. He li...
PATTI SMITH
Never let go of that fiery sadness called desire.
PATTI SMITH
Everybody goes through the same thing; it doesn't matter what color you are. And Joss Stone just hap...
PATTI LABELLE
The only check is the goodwill of the agencies.
PATTI GOLDMAN
Rock n' roll is dream soup, what's your brand?
PATTI SMITH
I grew up in an era where you had to find your own way as a woman. When I was a kid, there was this ...
PATTI SCIALFA
For writing, I get up early in the morning - 5 o'clock, 4:30. I'm a morning person... So I t...
PATTI SCIALFA
I don't believe any artist who says, 'I had to do that because DJs will tell me I can't ...
PATTI SMITH