More than anything that's been the thread through my life

Patti Smith
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More than anything that's been the thread through my life - the desire to write, the impulse to write. I mean, it's taken me other places, but it was the impulse to write that led me to singing. ✨ The Saturday interview: Patti Smith. Interview with Aida Edemariam, www.theguardian.com. January 21, 2011.
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