Quotes About Patti

I think Madonna is a wonderful performer.

My favorite band was The Band, and nobody compares in my mind with The Band.

Coming out of 'Shrill,' depending on who's directing, they'll let you ad lib sometimes, you can pitch ideas if you have them.

Fashion's been really good to me. It financed Patti Smith: Dream of Life.

I was making a film [Dream of Life] about Patti [Smith], but I was taking pictures, too.

I shot [Dream of Life] all on 16-millimeter, and I just wanted to learn about Patti [Smith].

I haven't had the most thrilling lifestyle. I was a pretty good dresser, but I would have a pretty boring 'Behind the Music.'

I was actually born in Chicago, and then when I was a toddler, my parents moved to Philadelphia.

I ain't no icon. It's people like Patti LaBelle, somebody like that's an icon. I'm just Missy. I'm just crazy, that's all.

So if diva means giving your best, then yes, I guess I am a diva.

People were a little leery when I was doing the press for my last album 'Rumble Doll,' yes. It's always that thing that this is a dilettante or a pet project.

I definitely have a dark sense of humor, and in ways I think that comes from having a lot of childhood trauma - a little bit, not fully.

It's really cool to read feedback. I'm trying not to engage too much, though, because I spiral out even if the reviews are, like... positive.

It's no secret - I love detective fiction. One of the reasons I love being in London is because I like to watch all the shows on TV. I watch them all. I like 'Detective Frost.'

engagement with Walton?" asked Robie. Patti considered this for a moment. "I think he didn't want to stay here but she did. It was her home. But he apparently didn't think of it as his home anymore.

The title of that great Christmas song was 'Boogie Woogie Santa Claus,' and no one ever heard of it.

I got over the loss of his desk and chair, but never the desire to produce a string of words more precious than the emeralds of Cortés.

Please, no matter how we advance in technology please don't abandon the book-there is nothing in our material world more beautiful than a book.

I got over the loss of his desk and chair, but never the desire to produce a string of words more precious than the emeralds of Cortés.

I love you, I whispered to all, to none. -Love not lightly, I heard him say.

I left Mephistopheles, the angels, and the remnants of our handmade world, saying, "I choose Earth.

One could not help but thank the gods for apportioning Camus with a righteous and judicious pen.