“I'm an intuitive musician. I have no real technical skills. I can only...” — Patti Smith Quote

“I'm an intuitive musician. I have no real technical skills. I can only play six chords on the guitar.”

“My mother answers all my fan mail.”

“I am still a very optimistic person. I continue to do work with joy.”

“You obviously don't really forget how to play the old songs; you just don't have to spend so much time convincing yourself that you remember them. Way less mental energy is spent swimming around in lyrics you've already written and chords you've already played.”

“Journalists, especially English journalists, were very cruel to me. They said I only knew three chords when I knew five!”

“I don't know about five guys against the world. It's more like five guys against these three chords, and we're gonna wrestle 'em down no matter what it takes.”