Patti Smith: "Do what it takes to be an artist."

Patti Smith was called the "high priestess of punk" in the 70s, but in a recent interview she admits, "I didn't feel that I was growing as an artist at that point. All of my energy was being put into peripheral things - interviews and getting my picture taken...

"I spent the 80s learning quite a bit about our world, about our political situation, about sports, learning how to be a citizen, learning to cook... I mean, there's a lot to learn and I was, for a short period of time, living a very sheltered, privileged position for doing very little; for singing rock'n'roll songs. And I felt that I had to reassess that."

Continued on Developing Talent
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