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Well I haven't fucked much with the past,
But I've fucked plenty with the future.
- Babelogue
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Patti Smith (Patti Smith Collected Lyrics, 1970-2015)
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Jesus died for somebody's sins, but not mine.
- Gloria
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Patti Smith (Patti Smith Collected Lyrics, 1970-2015)
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Those who have suffered understand suffering and thereby extend their hand.
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Patti Smith (Patti Smith Collected Lyrics, 1970–2015)
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I choose to steal what you choose to show And you know I will not apologize— You’re mine for the taking. I’m making a career of evil… Blue Öyster Cult, “Career of Evil” Lyrics by Patti Smith
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Robert Galbraith (Career of Evil (Cormoran Strike, #3))
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Speak to me heart,
All things renew.
Hearts will mend,
Round the bend.
Paths that cross
Cross again,
Paths that cross
Will cross again.
- Paths that Cross
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Patti Smith (Patti Smith Collected Lyrics, 1970-2015)
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Though I was trying to write him an immortal lyric, it seemed all too mortal.
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Patti Smith (Just Kids)
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I have not sold myself to God.
- Babelogue
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Patti Smith (Patti Smith Collected Lyrics, 1970-2015)
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We waltzed beneath God's point of view
knowing no ending to our rendezvous
we expressed such sweet vows
- My Madrigal
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Patti Smith (Patti Smith Collected Lyrics, 1970-2015)
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Ahh, the salvation of souls,
But wisdom we had not
For these people had neither King nor Lord
And bowed to no one
And they had lived in their own liberty
- Amerigo
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Patti Smith (Patti Smith Collected Lyrics, 1970-2015)
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I liked the immediacy, the transmutation of energy. I liked the task of drawing from oneself. One's ancestors. One's God. To be a human saxophone. 'Birdland' is an example of how a lyric is composed in the studio. It is the result of the trust built between musicians, requiring communal selflessness in order to draw from the collective intelligence.
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Patti Smith