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‘I felt like a seven-year-old’: Patti Smith on her recent stage fright

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Patti Smith says it is never too late in your career to learn a lesson or two in the value of failure.

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Patti Smith: Poet with a punk heart turns 70 | Music | DW.COM | 30.12.2016

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An icon for over half a century, Patti Smith remains an enigma to those who try to pigeonhole her. At 70 years young, Smith continues to find poetry in unlikely places. Happy birthday to the reluctant Godmother of Punk!

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Patti Smith Featured on Next Episode of PBS’s AMERICAN MASTERS PODCAST

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Episode five of the American Masters Podcast features Patti Smith discussing the early days of punk rock, the vibrant music scene of 1970s New York City, her influences and thoughts on art, poetry, censorship, and punk with American Masters — Lou Reed: Rock-And-Roll Heart (1998) filmmaker Timothy Greenfield-Sanders.

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Talking to Patti Smith About Being in Love and Crying at Everything | VICE | United States

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The punk poet talks last meals, crying all the time, and reading every day.

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