As far as I'm concerned, being any gender is a drag.

Quote by Patti Smith

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Besides me wanting to be an artist, I wanted to be a movie star.

Besides me wanting to be an artist, I wanted to be a movie star.

I like gettin' old.

I like gettin' old.

I always enjoyed doing transgender songs.

I always enjoyed doing transgender songs.

I had a really happy childhood - my siblings were great, my mother was very...

I had a really happy childhood - my siblings were great, my mother was very...

An artist may have burdens the ordinary citizen doesn't know, but the ordinary citizen has...

An artist may have burdens the ordinary citizen doesn't know, but the ordinary citizen has...

No, my work does not reflect my sexual preferences, it reflects the fact that I...

No, my work does not reflect my sexual preferences, it reflects the fact that I...

In art and dream may you proceed with abandon. In life may you proceed with...

In art and dream may you proceed with abandon. In life may you proceed with...

I have a daughter who's 11 years old. Maybe she'll grow up independent and really...

I have a daughter who's 11 years old. Maybe she'll grow up independent and really...

Everyone thinks of God as a man - you can't help it - Santa Claus...

Everyone thinks of God as a man - you can't help it - Santa Claus...

I never thought I was gonna live to 30.

I never thought I was gonna live to 30.

Rock n' roll is dream soup, what's your brand?

Jesus died for somebody's sins but not mine.

Jesus died for somebody's sins but not mine.

When I was younger, I felt it was my duty to wake people up. I...

When I was younger, I felt it was my duty to wake people up. I...

Maybe I'll be 48 and die in the gutter in Paris.

Maybe I'll be 48 and die in the gutter in Paris.

Somehow I started introducing writing into my drawings, and after a time, the language took...

Somehow I started introducing writing into my drawings, and after a time, the language took...

An artist is somebody who enters into competition with God.

An artist is somebody who enters into competition with God.

Mohammed personally mapped out seven heavens. If he got to seven, you know there's more.

Mohammed personally mapped out seven heavens. If he got to seven, you know there's more.

People have the power to redeem the work of fools.

People have the power to redeem the work of fools.

In fact, I thought my calling was to be a painter.

In fact, I thought my calling was to be a painter.

Horses pretty much broke as a record in England.

Horses pretty much broke as a record in England.