Patti Smith Quotes About Fathers

Quotes about: Fathers

• I always thought my father [influenced me most] because he was so well read, I tried to model myself on him, but really as I go through life I realise it was my mother who gave me the most valuable instructions. I didn't understand or accept it at the time. She taught me to read and to pray - two things that have really stayed with me.

  Patti Smith

  Mother, Father, Two

  Source: www.independent.co.uk

• My father was a dreamy fellow - he read Plato and Socrates and watched Phillies games.

  Patti Smith

  Plato, Father, Games

  "Patti Smith on Art". Interview with Anthony DeCurtis, www.pbs.org. December 30, 2009.

• I never had aspirations to go into politics or medicine. I always wanted to be an artist of some sort. I wasn't so politically motivated. I felt that the world from an early age was disappointing. My father taught me about the bomb, and it was eye-opening. From then on, I thought grown-ups needed to do a better job. I still think that.

  Patti Smith

  Jobs, Father, Eye

  Source: www.chicagotribune.com

• My father's mother was from Liverpool and she had this very beautiful English china. I only wanted to drink my cocoa out of my grandmother's cup and saucer.

  Patti Smith

  Beautiful, Mother, Father

  "The life and deaths of Patti Smith". Interview with Amy Raphael, www.theguardian.com. November 1, 2008.

• My mother and father had so many ups and downs and stayed with each other and helped each other. My mother took in ironing and she was a waitress. My father was working in the factory and he did people's tax returns.

  Patti Smith

  Mother, Father, People

  "Patti Smith: 'I love Portland ... it's a real book town'". Interview with Jeff Baker, www.oregonlive.com. January 31, 2010.

• My father was always talking about God, and I idolized my father, so I'd spend hours trying to have mental telepathy with God.

  Patti Smith

  Father, Talking, Trying

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

• My father hated rock and roll - hated it. My first real argument with my father was over the Rolling Stones. And he never, ever liked rock and roll. He just liked me.

  Patti Smith

  Father, Real, Rocks

  "Rocker Patti Smith, 'Dream Of Life'". "Talk of the Nation" with Neal Conan, www.npr.org. December 30, 2009.

• My father came a couple of times, but he always blamed his hearing loss on my loud amplifiers. So he didn't come anymore, but I had his support.

  Patti Smith

  Couple, Father, Loss

  "Rocker Patti Smith, 'Dream Of Life'". "Talk of the Nation" with Neal Conan, www.npr.org. December 30, 2009.

• [Steven Sebring] presence was also nice for my children, who, having just lost their father, quite naturally craved warm male attention. They gravitated to him right away.

  Patti Smith

  Children, Father, Nice

  Source: www.pbs.org

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