Biography
Punk rock’s poet laureate Patti Smith rates being among the most influential feminine rock and roll & rollers ever. Ambitious, unconventional, and complicated, Smith’s music was hailed as the utmost thrilling fusion of rock and roll and poetry since Bob Dylan’s heyday. If that cross types continued to be distinctly uncommercial for a lot of her profession, it wasn’t a declaration against accessibility a lot as the inescapable fact that Smith adopted her personal muse wherever it required her — from organized rock and roll tunes to free-form experimentalism, as well as completely from music sometimes. Her most avant-garde outings drew a feeling of improvisation and interplay from free of charge jazz, though they continued to be strongly rooted in loud, primitive, three-chord rock and roll & roll. Given birth to in Chicago and elevated in Philadelphia and close by NJ, Smith eventually produced her method to NEW YORK, where she spent the first area of the 1970s immersed in the brand new York art picture, living with professional photographer Robert Mapplethorpe in the Chelsea Resort and developing herself in a number of innovative mediums from poetry to painting to playwriting. By 1974, she’d started to determine herself like a rock and roll musician, playing displays with guitarist/bassist Lenny Kaye, after that assembling what would quickly end up being the Patti Smith Group. After Kaye, pianist Richard Sohl was the first ever to come on table, adopted soon after by Czechoslovakian-born guitarist/bassist Ivan Král and drummer Jay Dee Daugherty. After individually liberating the “Hey Joe” b/w “Piss Manufacturing plant” solitary, Patti Smith Group became the to begin the CBGB-associated punk functions to score a significant record offer when famous A&R guy Clive Davis authorized these to Arista in 1975. Released in Dec of that 12 months, Horses fused Smith’s unconventional post-beat poet lyrical design having a primitive rock and roll minimalism which was stunning and wholly exclusive. Though the recording was acknowledged to exclusively to Smith, the collective pressure of Smith, Kaye, Sohl, Král, and Daugherty collectively signified the stark power of the burgeoning punk motion, and by enough time 1976’s Radio Ethiopia showed up, it was related to Patti Smith Group. Throughout a January 1977 tour day in Florida, Smith experienced a serious neck of the guitar injury after dropping through the stage in to the cement orchestra pit. Carrying out a lengthy amount of recovery and physical therapy, she as well as the group came back to create what will be their industrial breakout in 1978’s Easter. Made by Jimmy Iovine and offering the Bruce Springsteen co-written strike “As the Evening,” Easter was broadly hailed among the year’s greatest albums and an creative return to type after the relatively challenging Radio Ethiopia. It had been also significant for the lack of keyboardist Sohl, who was simply temporarily replaced within the studio room by Bruce Brody. Because the ’70s found an in depth, therefore would the tenure of the initial Patti Smith Group. Following 1979 release of the fourth album, Influx, Smith and her newlywed hubby, Fred “Sonic” Smith (MC5), relocated to Detroit, where she’d spend a lot of the 10 years in semi-retirement while increasing a family group. Král would continue to utilize Iggy Pop, compose music for several independent movies, and record several solo functions in his indigenous Czech Republic. Sohl came back to record with Smith on her behalf 1988 solo record, Dream of Lifestyle, before struggling a fatal coronary attack in 1990. Because the middle-’90s, Smith’s longtime innovative foils Kaye and Daugherty, alongside late-period bassist Tony Shanahan, possess offered as her main band, and although the Patti Smith Group name would no more appear on recording covers, they will have continued to be her closest collaborators on-stage and in the studio room.
Quick Facts
Full Name Patti Smith
Date Of Birth December 30, 1946
Height 1.73 m
Profession Photographer, Poet, Painter, Singer-songwriter, Voice Actor, Visual Artist, Memoirist
Education Deptford Township High School, Rowan University
Nationality American
Spouse Fred "Sonic" Smith
Children Jackson Smith, Jesse Smith
Parents Beverly Smith, Grant Smith
Siblings Todd Smith
Awards National Book Award for Nonfiction, NME Award for Best Book, Polar Music Prize for Popular Music
Music Songs Because The Night [Remastered] [Live], Gloria, People Have the Power, Dancing Barefoot, Free Money, Rock 'n' Roll Nigger, Pissing In A River [Remastered], Redondo Beach, Summer Cannibals, Piss Factory, Gimme Shelter, Frederick, Ask the Angels, Glitter in Their Eyes, Land: Horses / Land of a Thousand Dances / La Mer, Privilege [Remastered], When Doves Cry, Smells Like Teen Spirit, Birdland, Up There Down There, Break It Up, Beneath the Southern Cross, Elegie, The Jackson Song, Babelogue, Ain't It Strange, Paths That Cross, Looking For You, My Blakean Year, Pastime Paradise, Mother Rose, Distant Fingers
Albums Horses, Banga, Twelve, Gone Again, Peace and Noise, Dream of Life, I Never Talked to Bob Dylan, Trampin', Gung Ho, The Coral Sea, Bicentenary Blues (Live), Outside Society, Land, The Patti Smith Masters, Hey Joe / Radio Ethiopia, iTunes Originals – Patti Smith, Easter Rising (Live), Dreaming of the Prophet (Live), Horses / Horses, Wicked Messenger (Live), Live - CBGB's NY 11 Aug 79. (Remastered), Live At The Bottom Line, NY 27 Dec 1975 (Remastered) [Live FM Radio Broadcast Concert In Superb Fidelity], Live At The Cellar Door - Complete & Remastered - Washington D.C. Jan 16 1976 - Early & Late Sets Together (Remastered), Live at the Boarding House, San Francisco, 15 Feb 1976 (Live FM Radio Concert Remastered In Superb Fidelity), The Archives (Live), Jazz Workshop, Boston January 9th 1976. Complete Live FM Radio Concert Broadcast (Remastered), The Best Of Patti Smith - The Place, Eugene, Oregon. May 4th And 9th 1978 - Live & Remastered, The Arista Years 1975/2000, Easter (Live), Set Free, Space Monkey (Live), Seeds in the Wind, Kimberly, Live in Eugene, Oregon, 1978, Radio Live: Patti Smith, Rock Elite: Best Of Patti Smith
Nominations Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song, Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album, Grammy Award for Best Female Rock Vocal Performance, Goodreads Choice Awards Best Memoir & Autobiography, UK Festival Award for Anthem Of The Summer
Movies Patti Smith: Dream of Life, The Blank Generation, William S. Burroughs: A Man Within, The Rugrats Movie, Burroughs: The Movie, Benjamin Smoke, Nouvelle Vague, The House of the Rising Punk, Arista Records' 25th Anniversary Celebration, Lou Reed: Rock & Roll Heart, Patti Smith: Under Review, Patti Smith: Long for the City, Brian Wilson: On Tour, Later ... with Jools Holland: Legends, Words of Advice: William S. Burroughs on the Road, The Best of Sessions at West 54th: Vol. 1
TV Shows The Defiant Ones
- Facts
- Filmography
- Awards
- Salaries
- Quotes
- Trademarks
- Pictures
# | Fact |
---|
1 |
Resides in Rockaway, Queens, New York (USA). |
2 |
Since the death of her husband, Patti chronicles much of her life with her vintage Polaroid Land 250 camera. |
3 |
Former girlfriend of Actor, Screenwriter, & ex-drummer, Sam Shepard in 1971 when they co-wrote & acted in a play "Cowboy Mouth" at the American Place Theatre, New York City. |
4 |
She will appear in New York City at the Metropolitan Museum of Art on 7 April 2005 as part of a program entitled "The Dark and the Light: An Evening of Spoken Word and Music Dedicated to Diane Arbus." This event is presented in conjunction with the exhibition "Diane Arbus Revelations." [April 2005] |
5 |
Won the National Book Award in 2010 for her memoir, "Just Kids", which she plans on adapting into a screenplay. It discusses her whole life, but specially focuses on her relationship with Robert Mapplethorpe. |
6 |
Active supporter of the US Green Party. |
7 |
Was romantically linked to Allen Lanier before marrying Fred 'Sonic' Smith. |
8 |
Born to a Jehovah's Witness mother, she grew up in Woodbury, New Jersey. |
9 |
Graduated from Deptford Township High School (1964). |
10 |
Her song "About a Boy" is a tribute to late Nirvana vocalist, guitarist and songwriter Kurt Cobain, who wrote a song called "About a Girl". |
11 |
Former girlfriend of controversial photographer Robert Mapplethorpe. |
12 |
She was voted the 47th Greatest Artist in Rock 'n' Roll by Rolling Stone. |
13 |
She and husband, Fred 'Sonic' Smith, lived in St. Clair Shores, Michigan, an eastern suburb of Detroit, during their married years from 1980 to his death in 1994. |
14 |
Husband Fred 'Sonic' Smith broke a decade-long hiatus from music to co-produce her comeback album, "Dream of Life". |
15 |
Collaborated on a soundtrack song from Wim Wenders' film, Until the End of the World (1991) (US title: "Until the End of the World"). |
16 |
Gave birth to her son Jackson Smith in 1982 and her daughter Jesse Smith in 1987. |
17 |
Husband Fred 'Sonic' Smith died of heart failure in 1994, at the age of 45 years. |
18 |
Ranked #15 on VH1's 100 Greatest Women of Rock N Roll |
19 |
Was the inspiration for Gilda Radner's character Candy Slice on Saturday Night Live (1975). |
20 |
Was the first performer to sell out a poetry recital at New York's CBGB's music club. |
21 |
Poet and punk musician. |
22 |
Widow of MC5 guitarist Fred 'Sonic' Smith. |
Soundtrack
Soundtrack
Title | Year | Status | Character |
---|
Vinyl |
2016 |
TV Series performer - 1 episode |
|
Everybody Wants Some!! |
2016 |
writer: "Because the Night" |
|
U2: Innocence + Experience, Live in Paris |
2015 |
TV Movie documentary writer: "People Have The Power" |
|
Glastonbury 2015 |
2015 |
TV Series performer - 2 episodes |
|
Dolezal Backstage |
2015 |
TV Series documentary performer - 1 episode |
|
Danny Says |
2015 |
Documentary writer: "Piss Factory" |
|
Catch Me Daddy |
2014 |
performer: "Land" / writer: "Land" |
|
Noah |
2014 |
performer: "Mercy Is" / writer: "Father Song Lullaby", "Mercy Is" |
|
CBGB |
2013 |
writer: "Because the Night" |
|
Defiance |
2013 |
TV Series writer - 1 episode |
|
The Vampire Diaries |
2013 |
TV Series writer - 1 episode |
|
Il Futuro |
2013 |
performer: "Wing" / writer: "Wing" |
|
Wallander |
2013 |
TV Series performer - 1 episode |
|
Boardwalk Empire |
2012 |
TV Series performer - 1 episode |
|
The Rum Diary |
2011 |
performer: "The Mermaid Song" / writer: "The Mermaid Song", "The Mermaid Song Instrumental" |
|
Late Night with Jimmy Fallon |
2010 |
TV Series writer - 1 episode |
|
Neue Vahr Süd |
2010 |
TV Movie performer: "My Generation" |
|
It's All Relative |
2010 |
Short performer: "Amazing Grace" |
|
Independent Lens |
|
TV Series documentary performer - 1 episode, 2010 writer - 1 episode, 2010 |
|
Banda sonora |
|
TV Series performer - 1 episode, 2009 writer - 1 episode, 2009 |
|
Walking Vengeance |
2008 |
performer: "Gimme Shelter" |
|
Milk |
2008/I |
writer: "Till Victory" |
|
Patti Smith: Dream of Life |
2008 |
Documentary performer: "The Jackson Song", "Wing", "Gloria: In Excelsis Deo", "Land: Horses", "My Blakean Year", "Gung Ho", "Cartwheels", "Momento Mori", "Rock N Roll Nigger", "People Have the Power", "Radio Baghdad", "Spell" / writer: "The Jackson Song", "Wing", "Gloria: In Excelsis Deo", "Land: Horses", "My Blakean Year", "Gung Ho", "Cartwheels", "Momento Mori", "Rock N Roll Nigger", "People Have the Power", "Radio Baghdad" |
|
Meat Loaf: In Search of Paradise |
2007 |
Documentary writer: "In Excelsis Deo" |
|
The Tracey Fragments |
2007 |
writer: "Land: Horses" |
|
Supernatural |
2006 |
TV Series writer - 1 episode |
|
Pavee Lackeen: The Traveller Girl |
2005 |
writer: "Because the Night" |
|
Filthy Gorgeous: The Trannyshack Story |
2005 |
Documentary performer: "Gloria" |
|
Live from New York: The First 5 Years of Saturday Night Live |
2005 |
TV Special documentary performer: "My Generation" |
|
El Lobo |
2004 |
performer: "Land of a Thousand Dances" / writer: "Land of a Thousand Dances" |
|
Lavorare con lentezza |
2004 |
"Land" |
|
In My Father's Den |
2004 |
performer: "Free Money", "Horses" / writer: "Free Money", "Horses" |
|
A Home at the End of the World |
2004 |
performer: "Because the Night" / writer: "Because the Night" |
|
Wonderland |
2003 |
performer: "Gloria/In Excelsis Deo" 1975 / writer: "Gloria/In Excelsis Deo" 1975, "In Excelsis Deo" 1975 |
|
Royal Bonbon |
2002 |
performer: "Fireflies" / writer: "Fireflies" |
|
Crossing Jordan |
|
TV Series performer - 1 episode, 2002 writer - 1 episode, 2002 |
|
La parenthèse enchantée |
2000 |
performer: "We three" / writer: "We three" |
|
God Is in the T.V. |
1999 |
Video documentary writer: "Rock n' Roll Nigger" - as Smith |
|
New Waterford Girl |
1999 |
performer: "Ask the Angels" - as Patti Smith Group / writer: "Ask the Angels" |
|
The Rugrats Movie |
1998 |
performer: "This World Is Something New to Me" |
|
Fögi Is a Bastard |
1998 |
performer: "Wing" / writer: "Wing" |
|
Whatever |
1998 |
writer: "Dancing Barefoot" |
|
Millennium |
|
TV Series performer - 1 episode, 1998 writer - 1 episode, 1998 |
|
Frogs for Snakes |
1998 |
courtesy: "Fattening Frogs for Snakes" / performer: "Fattening Frogs for Snakes" |
|
Dream with the Fishes |
1997 |
performer: "Wing" / writer: "Wing" |
|
All Over Me |
1997 |
writer: "Pissing in the River" - as P. Smith |
|
Family Resemblances |
1996 |
performer: "People Have the Power" / writer: "People Have the Power" |
|
Foxfire |
1996 |
writer: "Dancing Barefoot" |
|
Barb Wire |
1996 |
writer: "Dancing Barefoot" |
|
The Basketball Diaries |
1995 |
writer: "Dancing Barefoot" |
|
Natural Born Killers |
1994 |
performer: "Rock & Roll Nigger" / writer: "Rock & Roll Nigger" |
|
American Masters |
|
TV Series documentary performer - 1 episode, 1994 writer - 1 episode, 1994 |
|
Threesome |
1994 |
writer: "DANCING BAREFOOT" |
|
Until the End of the World |
1991 |
performer: "It Takes Time" / writer: "It Takes Time" |
|
Nouvelle vague |
1990 |
as Smith, "Distant Fingers" |
|
Fuori orario. Cose (mai) viste |
1988 |
TV Series documentary performer: "Because the Night" / writer: "Because the Night" |
|
Sixteen Candles |
1984 |
performer: "Gloria" |
|
Bergerac |
1983 |
TV Series performer - 1 episode |
|
A Night at Halsted's |
1982 |
performer: "Pumping My Heart" - uncredited / writer: "Pumping My Heart" - uncredited |
|
Fear No Evil |
1981 |
as Smith, "Hey Joe" / performer: "Hey Joe" |
|
Times Square |
1980 |
writer: "Pissing in the River" |
|
Kids Are People, Too |
1979 |
TV Series performer - 1 episode |
|
Ohne Maulkorb |
|
TV Series documentary performer - 1 episode, 1978 writer - 1 episode, 1978 |
|
Top of the Pops |
|
TV Series writer - 2 episodes, 1978 performer - 1 episode, 1978 |
|
Actress
Actress
Title | Year | Status | Character |
---|
Weightless |
2017 |
completed |
Patti Smith |
The Killing |
2014 |
TV Series |
Female Doctor |
Law & Order: Criminal Intent |
2011 |
TV Series |
Prof. Cleo Alexander |
It's All Relative |
2010 |
Short |
Singer at Funeral |
The Big Empty |
2003 |
|
Traveler |
The Rugrats Movie |
1998 |
|
Newborn Baby (singing voice) |
Robert Having His Nipple Pierced |
1971 |
Short |
Narrator (uncredited) |
Writer
Writer
Title | Year | Status | Character |
---|
Just Kids |
|
novel and screenplay announced |
|
Three Stones for Jean Genet |
2014 |
Documentary short writer |
|
Long for the City (Patti Smith in New York) |
2009 |
Documentary short writer |
|
Producer
Producer
Title | Year | Status | Character |
---|
Counting |
2015 |
Documentary executive producer |
|
Living with Strangers |
2013 |
producer |
|
Museum Hours |
2012 |
executive producer |
|
Camera Department
Camera Department
Title | Year | Status | Character |
---|
P.O.V. |
2009 |
TV Series documentary additional camera operator - 1 episode |
|
Patti Smith: Dream of Life |
2008 |
Documentary additional camera work |
|
Music Department
Music Department
Title | Year | Status | Character |
---|
Independent Lens |
2011 |
TV Series documentary composer - 1 episode |
|
P.O.V. |
2009 |
TV Series documentary musician - 1 episode |
|
Thanks
Thanks
Title | Year | Status | Character |
---|
Don't Blink - Robert Frank |
2015 |
Documentary special thanks |
|
Paul McCartney: Early Days |
2014 |
Video short special thanks |
|
Barcelona, nit d'estiu |
2013 |
the director wishes to thank |
|
The Guitar |
2008 |
special thanks |
|
Words of Advice: William S. Burroughs on the Road |
2007 |
Documentary very special thanks |
|
Black White + Gray: A Portrait of Sam Wagstaff and Robert Mapplethorpe |
2007 |
Documentary thanks |
|
Frogs for Snakes |
1998 |
special thanks |
|
Self
Self
Title | Year | Status | Character |
---|
Ohne Maulkorb |
1978 |
TV Series documentary |
Herself |
The South Bank Show |
1978 |
TV Series documentary |
Herself |
The Mike Douglas Show |
1977-1978 |
TV Series |
Herself - Guest |
Emerald City |
1977 |
TV Series |
Herself |
Patti Smith Group Stockholm 1976 |
1977 |
Documentary |
Herself |
Saturday Night Live |
1977 |
TV Series |
Herself |
The Blank Generation |
1976 |
Documentary |
Herself |
Night Lunch |
1975 |
Documentary |
Herself |
Patti and Valli |
1973 |
Short documentary |
|
Outrider |
2016 |
Documentary filming |
Herself |
Tavis Smiley |
2010-2016 |
TV Series |
Herself / Herself - Guest |
Mapplethorpe: Look at the Pictures |
2016 |
Documentary |
Herself (voice, uncredited) |
The Book of Conrad |
2015/I |
Documentary |
Herself |
Patti Smith on 'Don't Look Back' |
2015 |
Video short |
Herself |
Democracy Now! |
2010-2015 |
TV Series |
Herself |
Glastonbury 2015 |
2015 |
TV Series |
Herself |
Station to Station |
2015 |
|
Herself |
20th Annual Critics' Choice Movie Awards |
2015 |
TV Special |
Herself |
72nd Golden Globe Awards |
2015 |
TV Special |
Herself - Nominee |
La grande librairie |
2014 |
TV Series |
Herself |
Noah's Score |
2014 |
Video short |
Herself |
A MusiCares Tribute to Bruce Springsteen |
2014 |
Video |
Herself |
Le grand journal de Canal+ |
2014 |
TV Series documentary |
Herself |
Three Stones for Jean Genet |
2014 |
Documentary short |
Herself |
Another Day, Another Time: Celebrating the Music of Inside Llewyn Davis |
2013 |
TV Movie documentary |
Herself |
The Hour |
2013 |
TV Series |
Herself - Guest |
C |
2012 |
TV Series |
Herself |
Late Show with David Letterman |
1996-2012 |
TV Series |
Herself - Musical Guest / Herself / Herself - Guest |
Wild thing, la folle histoire du rock |
2012 |
TV Series documentary |
Herself |
CBS News Sunday Morning |
2012 |
TV Series documentary |
Herself - Singer (segment "Patti Smith") |
48 Hours: Hard Evidence |
2012 |
TV Series |
Herself |
West of Memphis |
2012 |
Documentary |
Herself |
Owls Insider |
2011 |
TV Series |
Herself - Host |
Miradas 2 |
2007-2011 |
TV Series documentary |
Herself |
Gomorron |
2011 |
TV Series |
Herself |
Sleepless Nights Stories |
2011 |
|
Herself |
Charlie Rose |
1997-2011 |
TV Series |
Herself - Guest |
The Colbert Report |
2010 |
TV Series |
Herself - Guest |
The Promise: The Making of Darkness on the Edge of Town |
2010 |
Documentary |
Herself |
Film socialisme |
2010 |
|
Herself - Singer (segment "Des choses comme ça") (as P. Smith) |
Epic Fu |
2010 |
TV Series |
Herself |
William S. Burroughs: A Man Within |
2010 |
Documentary |
Herself |
P.O.V. |
2009 |
TV Series documentary |
|
The 25th Anniversary Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Concert |
2009 |
TV Special |
Herself |
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Live: Come Together |
2009 |
Video |
Herself |
Corso: The Last Beat |
2009 |
Documentary |
|
Deutschland, deine Künstler |
2009 |
TV Series documentary |
Herself |
Long for the City (Patti Smith in New York) |
2009 |
Documentary short |
Herself |
Burning Down the House: The Story of CBGB |
2009 |
Documentary |
Herself |
All Tomorrow's Parties |
2009 |
Documentary |
Herself |
Metrópolis |
2009 |
TV Series documentary |
Herself |
Ce soir (ou jamais!) |
2008 |
TV Series |
Herself |
One Fast Move or I'm Gone: Kerouac's Big Sur |
2008 |
Documentary |
Herself |
The African Twintowers |
2008 |
Documentary |
|
Patti Smith: Dream of Life |
2008 |
Documentary |
Herself: vocals and clarinet |
Festival Updates |
2008 |
TV Series |
Herself (2008) |
La 2 noticias |
2007 |
TV Series |
Herself |
The Early Show |
2007 |
TV Series |
Herself |
Loops! |
2007 |
TV Series |
Herself |
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson |
2005-2007 |
TV Series |
Herself - Guest |
Later... With Jools Holland |
1996-2007 |
TV Series |
Herself / Herself (also Interview) |
Black White + Gray: A Portrait of Sam Wagstaff and Robert Mapplethorpe |
2007 |
Documentary |
Herself |
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno |
1996-2007 |
TV Series |
Herself - Guest / Herself - Musical Guest |
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony |
2007 |
TV Movie |
Herself |
HARDtalk Extra |
2006 |
TV Series |
Herself |
Johnny Cash: God's Gonna Cut You Down |
2006 |
Video short |
Herself |
Late Night with Conan O'Brien |
1997-2005 |
TV Series |
Herself - Guest / Herself - Musical Guest |
All We Are Saying |
2005 |
TV Movie documentary |
Herself |
You're Gonna Miss Me |
2005 |
Documentary |
Herself - Musician |
Get Up, Stand Up |
2003 |
TV Series documentary |
Herself - Interviewee |
The Best of R.E.M.: In View 1988-2003 |
2003 |
Video documentary |
Herself (segment "E-Bow the Letter") |
Brian Wilson on Tour |
2003 |
Video documentary |
Herself |
XXI Century |
2003 |
TV Series documentary |
Herself - Singer & Songwriter |
Kunst gegen Gewalt |
2002 |
TV Series |
Herself |
Jeff Buckley: Everybody Here Wants You |
2002 |
TV Movie documentary |
Herself |
Kiss My Grits: The Herstory of Women in Punk and Hard Rock |
2001 |
Documentary |
Herself |
Benjamin Smoke |
2000 |
Documentary |
Herself |
Arista Records' 25th Anniversary Celebration |
2000 |
TV Special documentary |
Herself |
CNN World Beat |
2000 |
TV Series |
Herself |
Pop Odyssee 2 - House of the Rising Punk |
1998 |
TV Special documentary |
Herself |
The Nova Convention Revisited: William S. Burroughs and the Arts |
1998 |
Video |
Herself |
Who Is Harry Smith? |
1998 |
|
Herself |
American Masters |
1998 |
TV Series documentary |
Herself |
Scenes from Allen's Last Three Days on Earth as a Spirit |
1997 |
Video documentary |
Herself |
Sessions at West 54th |
1997 |
TV Series documentary |
Herself |
Summer Cannibals |
1996 |
Short |
Herself |
R.E.M.: New Adventures in Hi-Fi Stereophonic on Film |
1996 |
Video documentary short |
Herself |
Saturday Night Special |
1996 |
TV Series |
Herself - Guest / Herself |
Dancing Barefoot |
1995 |
TV Movie documentary |
Herself |
The History of Rock 'n' Roll |
1995 |
TV Series documentary |
Herself |
That's What Friends Are for: Arista's 15th Anniversary Concert |
1990 |
TV Movie documentary |
Herself |
Late Night with David Letterman |
1987 |
TV Series |
Herself |
Burroughs: The Movie |
1983 |
Documentary |
|
Arena |
1983 |
TV Series documentary |
|
Mahagonny |
1980 |
|
Herself |
Kids Are People, Too |
1979 |
TV Series |
Herself |
Rockpalast |
1979 |
TV Series |
Herself - Vocal, Guitar, Clarinet |
Patti Smith: Still Moving |
1978 |
Short documentary |
Herself |
Archive Footage
Archive Footage
Nominated awards
Nominated awards
Year | Award | Ceremony | Nomination | Movie | Award shared with |
---|
2015 |
Golden Globe |
Golden Globes, USA |
Best Original Song - Motion Picture |
Noah (2014) |
· Lenny Kaye |
Looks like we don't have salary information. Sorry!
# | Quote |
---|
1 |
Americans just don't know what being a movie star's all about. That's the whole thing for me - movies. |
2 |
I wrote "Horses" for Michael Stipe. I wrote "Horses" for Morrissey. And they found it. |
3 |
I wasn't writing my own songs yet, so I was using other people's songs as a vehicle. The reason we did "Land of a Thousand Dances" and "Gloria" on "Horses" was because I liked repetitious, three-chord rock songs but I didn't understand that I could write my own. I didn't realize that you could use those chords a million times. |
4 |
Some of us are born rebellious. Like Jean Genet or Arthur Rimbaud, I roam these mean streets like a villain, a vagabond, an outcast, scavenging for the scraps that may perchance plummet off humanity's dirty plates, though often sometimes taking a cab to a restaurant is more convenient. |
5 |
[on Johnny Depp] I think, at heart, he is a musician. I've never really seen him without a guitar. He keeps two or three guitars with him most of the time. Sometimes, on a long drive, he'll have one in the car. That is how devoted to music he is. |
6 |
[on her tribute to Amy Winehouse with the song, "This is the Girl"] It was done really lovingly. As soon as I heard about when she died, I sat down and wrote her a little poem and my bass player wrote a piece of music that resonated the poem. It is a song I wish we never had to write. |
7 |
[on friendship] Those who have suffered understand suffering and therefore extend their hand. |
Looks like we don't have trademarks information. Sorry!