Patti Smith
speaker
369 appearances
2 recordings
2 series
first heard Nov 2025
last heard 1 Dec
Patti Smith’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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to them at the time.
But I fought for it, and they did try to airbrush my hair, but I made sure that was fixed.
People were very upset constantly about my appearance when I was young.
I don't know what it was.
It was very hard for them to factor.
But I've always had that problem, even as a child.
I used to go to the beach when I was a little kid and just want to wear my dungarees and my flannel shirt.
And the whole time people would be, why are you wearing that?
Why don't you get a bathing suit?
It's like, leave me alone.
It's just like, I'm not bothering you.
Why are you worried about what I look like?
It's just
I'm not trying to bother anybody.
But people loved the photograph.
The people on the streets loved the photograph.
And it gave Robert some instant attention.
I think it was his, you know, where he, it really helped, you know, launch his work into the public consciousness world.
And so we were both very happy about that.
And the funniest thing and sort of the sweetest thing was when I started performing after the record came out, I would go to clubs anywhere.
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