Patti Smith

In the rock’n’roll hall of fame, Patti Smith sits proudly alongside Keith Richards and Bruce Springsteen, with whom she wrote her most famous song: Because the Night. For decades now, the soberly elegant godmother of punk has been performing with disarming sincerity and simplicity. Poetic realism could hardly hope for a better ambassador, with her false nonchalance and true convictions.

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