Patti Smith Quotes

I'm not really a musician. I'm a performer, and I love rock n' roll. I've embraced rock n' roll because it encompasses all the things I'm interested in: poetry, revolution, sexuality, political activism - all of these things can be found in rock n' roll.

Patti Smith

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LovePoetryRevolutionPolitical

I'd love to run for office, but it requires such knowledge.

Joanne Woodward

LoveKnowledgeRunOfficeRequires

For clothes, I like this little store on Fountain, Matrushka Construction. Beth Ann Whittaker and Laura Howe make amazing things. You can get a designer skirt with cool embroidery for 40 bucks instead of $400 or $4,000.

Jill Soloway

AmazingCoolConstructionClothes

Any ideas of 'other' are complicated, and otherness is relative to personal ideas of 'normal.'

Meshell Ndegeocello

IdeasComplicatedPersonalNormal

As an actor, it's much easier for me to get work in the movies because nobody knows who I am except for the work that I've done in another movie. I really enjoy that.

Simon McBurney

WorkI AmMeEnjoyNobodyDone

'Swallow My Gift' is all about music being its own reward. I don't do it to become more famous; I don't do it to make money. I don't do it from an ego-driven point of view.

Russell Crowe

MusicMoneyGiftFamousViewReward

Interfere with the reality of my world, and you therefore take the very life and heart out of my will.

Josiah Royce

LifeHeartWorldRealityYouWill

It's hard to be what you can't see.

Jason Reynolds

YouHardSee

I've often accused my grandchildren of never having seen one of my films.

Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.

GrandchildrenNeverSeenOftenFilms

In the '90s, you couldn't say the word 'nerd' to someone when pitching a show. They would have considered that too niche and wouldn't have listened.

Chris Hardwick

SomeoneYouSayPitchingNicheShow

People are meant to be certain places, and I think I'm meant to be on a sound stage doing situation comedy.

Bob Newhart

PeopleThinkComedyDoingSituation

Language is a virus from outer space.

William S. Burroughs

CommunicationSpaceLanguageVirus

Hats are the epitome of Englishness, and a royal wedding is the penultimate moment for a hat designer. I'm Irish, but I am a royalist and I believe in fantasy.

Philip Treacy

MomentI AmHatBelieveWedding

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