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Punk Rock Legend Patti Smith on her Life, Her Art, Her Singing and Speaking Out

We bring you a Democracy Now special with the singer-songwriter, poet, artist, and punk rock legend, Patti Smith, on her life, her art and her singing and speaking out. "I do things that make people upset. My political views or my humanist views have caused me a lot of censorship, but I don't have a problem with that," Smith says. "What I would have more of a problem with is, if I had to look back on my life and say, "Yeah I compromised here" and "yeah I did this so I could get that"-once you start doing that it's like a house of cards, it all falls apart. Ref. Source 8

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Punk Rock Legend Patti Smith Wins National Book Award for Memoir Just Kids

The singer-songwriter, poet, artist and punk rock legend Patti Smith has won the National Book Award in the non-fiction category for memoir, Just Kids. The book tells the story of Smith's coming of age in New York City and her lifelong friendship and creative collaboration with the renowned photographer Robert Mapplethorpe. We interviewed Patti Smith earlier this year. Ref. Source 5