When I was younger, I felt it was my duty to wake people up. I thought poetry was asleep. I thought rock 'n' roll was asleep.
Patti Smith
I was never a singer; I can't play any instruments; I had no training. Plus, I was brought up in a time when all the great rock stars were male.... →
Why do people want to know exactly who I am? Am I a poet? Am I this or that? I've always made people wary. First they called me a rock poet. Then... →
My mom loved rock 'n roll. My father hated it. We couldn't play it when he was around.
Rock n' roll is dream soup, what's your brand?
What I wanted to do in rock 'n roll was merge poetry with sonic scapes, and the two people who had contributed so much to that were Jimi Hendrix... →
I don't care where the Cure is placed in the pantheon of rock. I don't care if we're perceived as relevant. We're never worried how... →
Robert Smith
Secretly, or maybe not so secretly, I've always wanted to be a rock star.
Cobie Smulders
I wasn't a rock 'n' roll girl. I said, Neil Young, Neil Young, where do I know that name from?
Carrie Snodgress
I'm not a folk or jazz singer, more a hard-edged pop singer - with some rock, and song hooks.
Phoebe Snow