Abigail...thank you for sharing...art is never easy... you know it's a double-edged sword. We have the gift, and it's also a curse. Please do your best to stay healthy...be kind, to yourself and others...hope you are still there, and if you live for art, as I do, we owe it to ourselves to survive, and live to tell...by all means, you are welcome to contact me anytime, via email, or via fb. Please take care.
Patti Smith gives such poignant yet simple advice to the young, but I think it speaks to anyone who realizes their potential in this world as a human being. This shining star of a human poet has lived.
I think this is really what I needed to hear. Sometimes I get desperate and lose focus on my goals, but it's true that you should just do it, go for it, even if you're only fan.
+Sainte Ann These were words I needed to hear. Patti Smith has always been my idol and to hear her say "yeah, it's not easy, life's not easy but do what you love" is inspirational!
I listen to this everyday. I'm an adult now but I was never given this advice - it was always that I had to look a certain way or do certain things to please other people in order to live a 'good' life. It's thanks to artists and writers (like Patti) who have shaped me and my world view. I was taught by them to be free and independent.
I want my 18 year-old daughter to see this. I wish someone would have given me similar guidance when I was "young". May have influenced me away from all the wrong turns I made.
The very embodiment of raw unadorned honest punk attitude. No one deserves the title punk godmother more than our dearest Patti. She breaks my heart every time she speaks or performs and I love her to the moon.
All those tears that have been stuck in anger, fear, self-harm, doom, for a year - probably 3,4,5... all those ones came welling down in the sea of words of Patricia Lee Smith. You've saved me from moments, tonight you possibly saved me from the worst - myself. xx
What makes her so beautiful to me is the fact that she is real and honest in a time were people are fake and think that we should worship them. That is why I think she is beautiful
I never had clear goals, dreams, just a knowledge that I have a lot of power and potential but I never knew what to do with it, and at times that made me feel so low.. I am currently embracing what she is saying about just do what you want and accept that life is a package of both joy and suffering.
I have been reading Patti's books, listening to her albums, and studying her poetry and biography lately, and my respect and admiration for her increase as I go. And she and Robert Mapplethorpe had the kind of love I wish I could find.
keep your good name.Integrity is what you will remember most on your death bed.Not Fame or Money but your integrity.And have fun goddamit.Thanks Patti.
Stay strong ! Life is sweet and love is all around ! What side of this reality are you in ? There's never been a better time to dream all possibilities! Thank uuuuu Patti smith !
Patti provides encouragement to people who care about the truly important things. Her words: "People have the power to redeem the work of fools." It is important that messages of hope and inspiration continue to come from artists with integrity who have earned our trust and admiration.
I love Patti Smith since she began her career and always followed her. She is so deep and philosophy in her belief system of life experience. In my humble opinion, she rises to the tier of a near Genius. Not only is she beautiful inside, but beautiful outside of herself with no inhibitions,of which she does NOT hold back. Lastly, boy what a true Artist of real ideals that are based on concrete life.
Maria Chat I love Patti Smith and what she has to say. Too bad that the people who control communication technology also can control what is put on the net and also make sure things they do not want the people to hear,...... that they will not hear. or read.
James W. Barrett I was hoping that the Internet was that one place that people could upload information and search for information and be selective about it. People choose not to listen, that's my experience so far.
Maria Chat you can't listen to something you cannot hear because it's been removed and deleted from the artificial information network. Not trying to argue your point or say its not possible. it just will not happen on a government controlled and monitored network. or maybe you just don't understand the complexity of technology and how easily it can be modified or monitored. And the internet started as a military communication system for the sole purpose of realtime information sharing world wide for the purpose of..... well you ponder why the war machine would want to be on the same page we the same time..
So much wisdom in one person. In some ways it doesn’t even seem fair (I say that with the utmost respect and admiration), but the amount of experience you have to cram into one lifetime to have a mind like her’s would probably break most of us. Thank you Patti 😊✌🏻🇺🇸
Good God, i love this woman, she is essence in all aspects not just an image, this kind of woman is what this world we live in needs urgently . With a thousand of Patti Smith we would be happier.
During quarantine I finally listened to her narrate her book Just Kids and she’s very intelligent. Kind person. It’s just crazy how many iconic people she’s had in her life.
I needed this. I haven't figured out why yet, but I listen to this daily. It makes me feel better about life. Not sure why. Patti really is the godmother of punk rock and literature
Very nice philosophy agent Smith. The Matrix is also a way to give the power back to the people. I appreciate you and your music. Thank you. The Young will benefit from your wisdom. 🙏
I've always LOVED Patti Smith .. ever since I heard the Horses album way back in the day! .. But, lately, I've been kind of rediscovering her for myself. Now I'm looking forward to reading her memoir books. .. and wow, this video, what she says here .. she basically says it all doesn't she. .. Such a pure, honest, beautiful spirit. I love her.
She's spot on & we, the people, DO have the power so I say we take back our world. I think we slowly are & it's scaring the hell out of the powers that be.. Doesn't that just make you smile & have hope for our children & grandchildren? A truly inspirational message.
Yeah I wish there were moments like that on "regular" TV all over the world. Instead people are forced to half-ass their ideas out, no room for nuances, for real talk, for thinking out loud and giving time to let it sink in. That's one of the reasons we have so much hate, so much frustration and so many simplistic ideas flying around I think. There are many more wise "public figures" out there I'm sure, it's just very very hard to find them.
it's a soothing balm to my ears to hear someone speak with such wisdom and sense in a world where multitudes of untruth, misinformation and dimensionless and hackneyed judgement howls in the wilderness, thank you patti for being so true and real.
"We are living in a time like no other in history...We can bring down these people and these governments that think they rule everything..." Thank you Patty. That is the truest and most important thing we need to hear and understand and act on.
During my Insomnia this week, I have found myself stumbling upon some wonderful (and some weird) RU-vid videos. This one last night stood out, and the content is just as relevant in today's world. I really love Patti Smith. 🖤 ps; I also re-watched Patti performing Bob Dylan's 'A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall', at Bob's Nobel Prize ceremony. Even the best of us still get nervous. Such humility and grace..and after a restart, she nailed it beautifully. The emotion was palpable. Bob was said to have laughed and remarked that 'nobody messes up my lyrics more than I do'. Definitely something to check out if you're a Bob and/or Patti fan.