"I am not really certain how original my contribution to music is as I am obviously an amateur." ― Patti Smith Topic(s): Music More From Patti Smith "My mom loved rock ‘n roll. My father hated it. We couldn’t play it when he was around." "From very early on in my childhood – four, five years old – I felt alien to the human race. I felt very comfortable with thinking I was from another planet, because I felt disconnected – I was very tall and skinny, and I didn’t look like anybody else, I didn’t even look like any member of my family." "I don’t think the Palestinian people or Afghan children or some other things I’m concerned about are at the top of other people’s agendas – not right now, when America is going through such a recession and people are suffering across the board financially. But I think all that will change." More In Music "I’m a heroine addict. I need to have sex with women who have saved someone’s life."― Mitch Hedberg "When I hear music, I fear no danger. I am invulnerable. I see no foe. I am related to the earliest times, and to the latest."― Henry David Thoreau "For me, the great thing about music is that anybody can do it."― Jarvis Cocker