Patti Smith Quotes

I saw the Internet as being something which would allow power mongers to control us, and that we would willingly go to that if it promised us salvation - if it promised to show us who we were and let us find ourselves as we had, uniquely in our generation, through rock music.

It was cool at the rock camp - girls could just be themselves and they could be silly, they could roll around on the floor playing guitar.

I think I gravitate towards rock 'n' roll as a playground where I can say anything.

My music is like my freedom space.

I make music from my heart, and from that place, it feels good, you know? I have no boundaries, and no one can put me in a box. If it sounds good, it's good.

Singing songs that represent everything I am is just the best feeling in the world.

It's a powerful thing to be able to write a song. Even the least powerful feeling - like insecurity - that makes you feel weak when you experience it, when you write about it, you are powerful.

Yeah, nothing feels better than knowing that I can put a guitar in my hands at any time and rip - even when I'm taking a crap!

For me, jazz offers so much freedom in the way the music can be interpreted. It's natural to me. It's where I feel most free.

To me, that's what music entails. It's freedom, it's having the undeniable confidence to express yourself in a way that you know is right.

I wanted to make an album that sounded like a release of inhibitions, really getting away from the idea that you have to be anything other than in that moment.

I was always writing for myself. I wrote what I needed to write and hear - that's what makes it powerful.

All of this music, It's definitely been the most freeing thing that I've ever done.

Music liberated me.

Most artists - painters or writers - I think create out of stress or negative situations. Look at rock music. It's about getting things off of your chest, and it's a means of venting in many ways. That's what my work is about.

Rock and roll is not just music, it is a way of life, it has its own spirit.

Music was never an obligation for me; from a very young age, I understood it as a moment of freedom where you could express yourself. I realized how much joy it could bring and how much that meant to me.

Singing is the form I've chosen to express myself. It's the way I emote best.

Playing piano and singing whatever comes naturally is the best thing for me - the only thing that feels genuine.

Singing was a liberating experience for me.

Music is the outlet for me because when I do step into the studio, I feel no barriers.

I like making records right now 'cause I can express myself that way in a very immediate, physical sense. You can always write a book, but you can't always do a rock 'n' roll record that's gonna work.

I thought everybody got into rock 'n' roll because they didn't want to follow instructions.

Graphic design will save the world right after rock and roll does.

Rock music is important to people , because it allows them to escape this crazy world. It allows them not to run away from the problems that are there, but to face up to them , but at the same time sort of DANCE ALL OVER THEM. That's what rock and roll is about.