Patti Smith on Patti Smith - Interviews and Encounters (Hardcover)

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.

General

Imprint:	Chicago Review Press
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Musicians in Their Own Words
Release date:	October 2020
Editors:	Aidan Levy
Dimensions:	228 x 152 x 152mm (L x W x H)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	544
ISBN-13:	978-0-912777-00-9
Categories:	Books > Arts & Architecture > Music > Composers & musicians Books > Music > Composers & musicians
LSN:	0-912777-00-1
Barcode:	9780912777009

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