Patti Smith

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369 appearances 2 recordings 2 series first heard Nov 2025 last heard 1 Dec

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Fresh Air · Patti Smith’s ‘Horses’ Turns 50 · 7 Nov 2025 podcast

I got something to hide here called desire.

And I will get out of here.

You know the love.

The fear of potion is just about to come.

In my nose is the taste of sugar.

And I've got nothing to hide here save desire.

Now I'm going to go.

I'm going to get out of here.

I'm going to get on that train.

And I'm going to go on that train and go to New York City.

And I'm going to be somebody.

Robert always, when we were younger, he always thought that I should sing, although it was never really an ambition of mine.

and uh he was really happy when i wanted to do the single and he was really pleased to be a part of it had he heard you saying i mean would you sing were you singing in the house before you were singing in performance yeah you know i'd you know be making spaghetti or washing clothes and sing i don't used to sing little songs and um

for some reason he liked my singing.

He used to think I used to sing little blues songs and things.

And, uh, he used to think I, well, he always thought I should sing.

Do you think you would have done it if he didn't nudge you in that direction?

Well, he did push me towards that, but, um, it was a series of people actually, you know, um, Sam Shepard was really instrumental in, uh, getting me to sing in public.

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