I had a really happy childhood - my siblings were great, my mother was very fanciful, and I loved to read. But there was always financial strife.

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• Patti Smith:

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

• Patti Smith:

  I like gettin' old.

• Patti Smith:

  I never thought I was gonna live to 30.

• Patti Smith:

  I think I'm constantly in a state of adjustment.

• Patti Smith:

  I've always thrived on the encouragement of others.

• Patti Smith:

  If I have any regrets, I could say that I'm sorry I wasn't a better writer or a better singer.

• Patti Smith:

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

• Patti Smith:

  In the period where I had to live the life of a citizen - a life where, like everybody else, I did

• Patti Smith:

  Let's just say that I think any person who aspires, presumes, or feels the calling to be an artist

• Patti Smith:

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