02227cam a2200277 i 4500 462867881 TxAuBib 20210126120000.0 200217s2021||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9780912777009 HRD 30.00 0912777001 HRD 30.00 TxAuBib rda Patti Smith on Patti Smith [BOOK] : interviews and encounters / edited by Aidan Levy. Chicago, Illinois : Chicago Review Press, 2021. xix, 547 pages ; 24cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references and index. From the moment Patti Smith burst onto the scene, chanting "Jesus died for somebody's sins, but not mine," the irreverent opening line to Horses, her 1975 debut album, the punk movement had found its dissident intellectual voice. Yet outside the recording studio—Smith has released eleven studio albums—the punk poet laureate has been perhaps just as revelatory and rhapsodic in interviews, delivering off-the-cuff jeremiads that emboldened a generation of disaffected youth and imparting hard-earned life lessons. With her characteristic blend of bohemian intellectualism, antiauthoritarian poetry, and unflagging optimism, Smith gave them hope in the transcendent power of art. Her interview archive serves as a compelling counternarrative to the albums and books. Initially, interviewing Patti Smith was a censorship liability. Contemptuous of staid rules of decorum, no one knew what she might say, whether they were getting the romantic, swooning for Lorca and Blake, or the firebrand with no respect for an on-air seven-second delay. Patti Smith on Patti Smith is a compendium of profound and reflective moments in the life of one of the most insightful and provocative artists working today. Provided by publisher. 20210126. Smith, Patti Interviews. Women rock musicians United States Biography. Women poets, American United States Biography. Levy, Aidan, 1986-