American - Musician | June 26, 1957 -
I've lived most of my life in Manhattan, but I lived in Brooklyn for a while as a kid. I went to junior high school there. Girls in Brooklyn have to be tough - I mean real tough - just to get by. It's life in the combat zone.
Patty Smyth
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When Scandal had a top 20 video, no one knew what I looked like. I had all this stuff on me.
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When 'The Warrior' came out, Scandal was no more.
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I went through a period of being disillusioned with touring.
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Honesty is always hip.
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I'm a lead singer of a band, and that's so enough. It's not like I need to have my name on everything. The new name 'Scandal, Featuring Patty Smyth' was just to make it clear that I wasn't leaving the group.
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I partnered with Headstrong because they give free and fast mental health support to our veterans who are most at risk. There is no red tape, and they get help within a day or two instead of weeks.
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We shot the video for 'Broken' where both my parents grew up. There was always a strong sense of serving our country in the neighborhood - my father and all my uncles served, and most of them enlisted.
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I listen to country music. I listen to jazz. I listen to R&B. I listen to Jimi Hendrix a lot.
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The more rocking, the better.
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When you have a different mother, you want to be in her world. Because in mine, I didn't feel like I fit in.
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Being a mom was a full-time job. I was never willing to sacrifice everything for my career.
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