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Patti Smith’s debut album, Horses, peaks at No47 in the USA.Full article:
Michael Stipe (R.E.M.) : As a teenager exploring my sexuality trying to figure out who the fuck I was, to have people like Patti Smith, The New York Dolls, Iggy Pop and Marc Bolan – it meant the world, you know?
They just did their own thing – whether for their own reasons or for reason of finance in some peoples cases, whether they were going to become famous or whatever. It was really cool to have variation on the paradigm.
In order to be a film or a media star you need to be larger than life. That’s part of your job description. I'm just thinking of people who are media stars, celebrities and artists who are very popular, who just don’t fit into that category at all. Or maybe they do.
(Patti Smith) was an epiphanal discovery, it was like the ground fell from under me - honestly. I can trace it back to a song on the first album, Birdland. It was like the ground didn’t exist and at that moment I decided what I would do with my life with all the arrogance of a 15-year old who'd never written a song.
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They just did their own thing – whether for their own reasons or for reason of finance in some peoples cases, whether they were going to become famous or whatever. It was really cool to have variation on the paradigm.
In order to be a film or a media star you need to be larger than life. That’s part of your job description. I'm just thinking of people who are media stars, celebrities and artists who are very popular, who just don’t fit into that category at all. Or maybe they do.
(Patti Smith) was an epiphanal discovery, it was like the ground fell from under me - honestly. I can trace it back to a song on the first album, Birdland. It was like the ground didn’t exist and at that moment I decided what I would do with my life with all the arrogance of a 15-year old who'd never written a song.