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SAN REMO, ITALY - FEBRUARY 16: Patti Smith and Marlene Kuntz performs on stage at the third day of the 62th Sanremo Song Festival at the Ariston Theatre on February 16, 2012 in San Remo, Italy. View Photo »
US singer Patty Smith performs at the Ariston Theatre in San Remo, during the 62nd Sanremo Music Festival on February 16, 2012. View Photo »
U.S. performer Patti Smith gestures on stage during the 62nd edition of the Sanremo Song Festival, in Sanremo, Italy, Thursday, Feb. 16, 2012. View Photo »
NEW YORK, NY - JANUARY 23: Patti Smith attends The Weinstein Company with The Cinema Society & Forevermark premiere of 'W.E.' at the Ziegfeld Theater on January 23, 2012 in New York City. View Photo »
NEW YORK, NY - JANUARY 17: (L-R) Musician Patti Smith and actress Susan Sarandon attend the premiere of 'Coriolanus' at Paris Theater on January 17, 2012 in New York City. View Photo »
Actress Susan Sarandon (R) is hugged by singer Patti Smith at the premiere of the new Weinstein Company film "Coriolanus" in New York City January 17, 2012. View Photo »
Singer, poet, author Patti Smith, left, poses with actress Susan Sarandon at the premiere of "Coriolanus" at the Paris Theater on Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2012 in New York. View Photo »
NEW YORK, NY - JANUARY 15: Patti Smith attends the 2012 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Service at Riverside Church on January 15, 2012 in New York City. View Photo »
Singer Patti Smith performs during a ceremony with Occupy Wall Street members as they attend a candlelight vigil march to honor Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. at the Riverside Church in New York, January 15, 2012. View Photo »
Singer Patti Smith performs during a ceremony and celebration of Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. at the Riverside Church Sunday, January 15, 2012 in New York. View Photo »
US rock singer and poet Patti Smith speaks at the Arthur Rimbaud museum in Charleville-Mezieres, eastern France, on November 11, 2011, where she pays tribute to French poet Arthur Rimbaud for the 120th anniversary of Rimbaud's death. Patti Smith also... View Photo »
US rock singer and poet Patti Smith walks past three black-and-white pictures she took with her vintage Polaroid as she visits the Arthur Rimbaud museum in Charleville-Mezieres, eastern France, on November 11, 2011, where she pays tribute to French... View Photo »
US rock singer and poet Patti Smith arrives with the book 'Rimbaud a Marseille, le dernier voyage' (Rimbaud in Marseille, The Last Travel) by Claude Camous, at Saint-Charles railway station in Marseille, southeastern France, on November 07, 2011, ... View Photo »
US rock singer and poet Patti Smith takes a picture with her vintage Polaroid camera at Saint-Charles railway station in Marseille, southeastern France, on November 07, 2011, where she pays tribute to French poet Arthur Rimbaud. Patti Smith organised a... View Photo »
U.S. singer Patti Smith performs on the red carpet during the 68th Venice Film Festival September 4, 2011. View Photo »
US singer Patti Smith performs on the red carpet prior the screening of 'Pivano Blues - Sulla strada di Nanda' during the 68th Venice International Film Festival on September 4 , 2011 at Venice Lido. View Photo »
VENICE, ITALY - SEPTEMBER 04: Guests attend the 'Pivano Blues - Sulla Strada Di Nanda' premiere during the 68th Venice Film Festival at Palazzo del Cinema on September 4, 2011 in Venice, Italy. View Photo »
VENICE, ITALY - SEPTEMBER 04: Musican Patti Smith performs at the 'Pivano Blues - Sulla Strada Di Nanda' premiere during the 68th Venice Film Festival at Palazzo del Cinema on September 4, 2011 in Venice, Italy. View Photo »
US singer Patti Smith is greeted by a musician (L) as she arrives at the 68th Venice Film Festival on September 4, 2011 at Venice Lido. View Photo »
VENICE, ITALY - SEPTEMBER 04: Singer Patti Smith attends the 68th Venice film festival at Lancia Cafe on September 4, 2011 in Venice, Italy. View Photo »
Patricia Lee "Patti" Smith (born December 30, 1946) is an American singer-songwriter, poet and artist who was a highly influential component of the punk rock movement with her 1975 debut album Horses. Called the "Godmother of Punk", she integrated the beat poetry performance style with three-chord rock. Her allusions introduced American teens to... Full Article
US singer Patty Smith performs at the Ariston Theatre in San Remo, during the 62nd Sanremo Music Festival on February 16, 2012.
View Photo »U.S. performer Patti Smith gestures on stage during the 62nd edition of the Sanremo Song Festival, in Sanremo, Italy, Thursday, Feb. 16, 2012.
View Photo »NEW YORK, NY - JANUARY 23: Patti Smith attends The Weinstein Company with The Cinema Society & Forevermark premiere of 'W.E.' at the Ziegfeld Theater on January 23, 2012 in New York City.
View Photo »NEW YORK, NY - JANUARY 17: (L-R) Musician Patti Smith and actress Susan Sarandon attend the premiere of 'Coriolanus' at Paris Theater on January 17, 2012 in New York City.
View Photo »Singer, poet, author Patti Smith, left, poses with actress Susan Sarandon at the premiere of "Coriolanus" at the Paris Theater on Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2012 in New York.
View Photo »NEW YORK, NY - JANUARY 15: Patti Smith attends the 2012 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Service at Riverside Church on January 15, 2012 in New York City.
View Photo »Singer Patti Smith performs during a ceremony with Occupy Wall Street members as they attend a candlelight vigil march to honor Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. at the Riverside Church in New York, January 15, 2012.
View Photo »Singer Patti Smith performs during a ceremony and celebration of Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. at the Riverside Church Sunday, January 15, 2012 in New York.
View Photo »US rock singer and poet Patti Smith walks past three black-and-white pictures she took with her vintage Polaroid as she visits the Arthur Rimbaud museum in Charleville-Mezieres, eastern France, on November 11, 2011, where she pays tribute to French poet Arthur Rimbaud for the 120th...
View Photo »US rock singer and poet Patti Smith arrives with the book 'Rimbaud a Marseille, le dernier voyage' (Rimbaud in Marseille, The Last Travel) by Claude Camous, at Saint-Charles railway station in Marseille, southeastern France, on November 07, 2011, where she pays tribute to French poet...
View Photo »US rock singer and poet Patti Smith takes a picture with her vintage Polaroid camera at Saint-Charles railway station in Marseille, southeastern France, on November 07, 2011, where she pays tribute to French poet Arthur Rimbaud. Patti Smith organised a photo exhibition at the Wadsworth...
View Photo »U.S. singer Patti Smith performs on the red carpet during the 68th Venice Film Festival September 4, 2011.
View Photo »US singer Patti Smith performs on the red carpet prior the screening of 'Pivano Blues - Sulla strada di Nanda' during the 68th Venice International Film Festival on September 4 , 2011 at Venice Lido.
View Photo »VENICE, ITALY - SEPTEMBER 04: Musican Patti Smith performs at the 'Pivano Blues - Sulla Strada Di Nanda' premiere during the 68th Venice Film Festival at Palazzo del Cinema on September 4, 2011 in Venice, Italy.
View Photo »US singer Patti Smith is greeted by a musician (L) as she arrives at the 68th Venice Film Festival on September 4, 2011 at Venice Lido.
View Photo »VENICE, ITALY - SEPTEMBER 04: Singer Patti Smith attends the 68th Venice film festival at Lancia Cafe on September 4, 2011 in Venice, Italy.
View Photo »US singer Patti Smith (C) chats with a musician (L) as she arrives at the 68th Venice Film Festival on September 4, 2011 at Venice Lido.
View Photo »US singer Patti Smith (C) arrives at the 68th Venice Film Festival on September 4, 2011 at Venice Lido.
View Photo »U.S. musician Patti Smith receives the Polar Music Prize 2011 from Swedens King Carl XVI Gustaf (L) at Stockholm Concert Hall, August 30, 2011. Patti Smith and the U.S. Kronos String Quartet won the 2011 Polar Music Prize for their contributions to music.
View Photo »US poet and musician Patti Smith receives the Polar Music Prize 2011 from Sweden's King Carl XVI Gustaf in Stockholm Concert Hall, Tuesday Aug. 30, 2011. Patti Smith and the US Kronos String Quartet won the 2011 Polar Music Prize for their contributions to music.
View Photo »US singer-songwriter Patti Smith, arrives together with Swedish Author Henning Mankell, to receive the Polar Music Prize at Stockholm Concert Hall, Tuesday Aug. 30, 2011. Patti Smith and the U.S. Kronos String Quartet won the 2011 Polar Music Prize for their contributions to music.
View Photo »US singer-songwriter Patti Smith, right, shakes hands with fans on her way to receive the Polar Music Prize at Stockholm Concert Hall Tuesday Aug. 30, 2011. Patti Smith and the US Kronos String Quartet won the 2011 Polar Music Prize for their contributions to music.
View Photo »Actress Susan Sarandon (R) is hugged by singer Patti Smith at the premiere of the new Weinstein Company film "Coriolanus" in New York City January 17, 2012.
View Photo »NEW YORK, NY - JULY 14: Singer Patti Smith performs at the Castle Clinton National Monument in Battery Park on July 14, 2011 in New York City.
View Photo »U.S. artist Patti Smith performs on stage at Burgtheater in Vienna May 30, 2011.
View Photo »US singer Patty Smith performs at the Ariston Theatre in San Remo, during the 62nd Sanremo Music Festival on February 16, 2012.
View Photo »Patti Smith, Steve Earle, Stephan Said, Global Block, and St. Christopher's Gospel Choir, among others. Russell Simmons, civil rights attorney Norman Siegel, Dr. Benjamin Chavis, Jr. and Sumumba Sobukwe addressed the crowd.
No one talked—ever—about the stock market. No one went to the gym. Everyone smoked. Bands did two sets a night. Television jammed for hours at a time. Onstage (and off), Patti could talk like nobody’s business. . . . Patti Smith and Television and the Ramones and Talking Heads and Blondie were like our ...
I thought that Patti Smith did a Stones tribute every year at NYE. Oh, I mean every time she performs.
