Patti Smith
“To me, punk rock is the freedom to create, freedom to be successful, freedom to not be successful, freedom to be who you are. It's freedom.”
Imagine a musical artist who is also a National Book Award-winner; who was parodied on Saturday Night Live [by Gilda Radner, no less]; who is revered in both Greenwich Village and France (?!); and is partially responsible for saving popular music from…God help us…disco while also being Pope Francis’ favorite performer.
That’s quite a series of achievemen…