I like gettin' old.

Quote by Patti Smith

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Let's just say that I think any person who aspires, presumes, or feels the calling...

Let's just say that I think any person who aspires, presumes, or feels the calling...

Those who have suffered understand suffering and therefore extend their hand.

Those who have suffered understand suffering and therefore extend their hand.

People have the power to redeem the work of fools.

People have the power to redeem the work of fools.

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...

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...

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

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

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...

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...

My mother answers all my fan mail.

My mother answers all my fan mail.

Artists are traditionally resistant to labels.

Artists are traditionally resistant to labels.

Americans just don't know what being a movie star's all about.

Americans just don't know what being a movie star's all about.

Then I read Little Women, and of course, like a lot of really young girls,...

Then I read Little Women, and of course, like a lot of really young girls,...

First of all, anybody who has lasted 30 and went through the 60's is really...

First of all, anybody who has lasted 30 and went through the 60's is really...

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

In the period where I had to live the life of a citizen - a...

In the period where I had to live the life of a citizen - a...

An artist is somebody who enters into competition with God.

An artist is somebody who enters into competition with God.

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

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

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...

I always enjoyed doing transgender songs.

I always enjoyed doing transgender songs.

Jesus died for somebody's sins but not mine.

Jesus died for somebody's sins but not mine.