Quote #20

'Rock N Roll Nigger': Look around you, all around you Riding on a copper wave Do you like the world around you? Are you ready to behave?

More from Patti Smith

  1. 'Gloria (In Excelsis Deo)': Jesus died For somebody's sins But not mine
  2. 'People Have the Power': People have the power To redeem the work of fools Upon the meek the graces shower It's decreed the people rule
  3. Never let go of that fiery sadness called desire.
  4. 'Land': Life is filled with holes Johnny's laying there in his sperm coffin The angel looks down at him and says 'Oh, pretty boy Can't you …
  5. When I was younger, I felt it was my duty to wake people up. I thought poetry was asleep. I thought rock 'n' roll was asleep.
  6. 'Babelogue': He spared the child and spoiled the rod I have not sold myself to God!
  7. Somehow I started introducing writing into my drawings, and after a time, the language took over and I started getting very involved with t…
  8. She is a soldier. She will not be defeated.

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