Top 33 Quotes & Sayings by Patty Smyth

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Last updated on December 21, 2024.

Patricia Smyth is an American singer and songwriter. She first came into national attention with the rock band Scandal and went on to record and perform as a solo artist. Her distinctive voice and new wave image gained broad exposure through video recordings aired on cable music video channels such as MTV. Her debut solo album Never Enough was well received, and generated a pair of Top 100 hits. In the early 1990s she reached the Top 10 with the hit single "Sometimes Love Just Ain't Enough," a duet with Don Henley of Eagles. She performed and co-wrote with James Ingram the song "Look What Love Has Done" for the 1994 motion picture Junior. The work earned her a Grammy Award nomination for Best Song Written for Visual Media, as well as an Academy Award nomination for Best Original Song. Smyth married retired tennis player John McEnroe in 1997.

American - Musician | Born: June 26, 1957

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I don't want to bore people with stories about being in rock n' roll and being a mother. Other singers do it. I can, too. I just do what I have to do. It's not that hard. It's just different.

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Being a mom was a full-time job. I was never willing to sacrifice everything for my career.

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With a baby, you have to be responsible, selfless, and patient. I was never into those things. I got what I wanted. I did what I wanted. I didn't consider myself a patient person.

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When 'The Warrior' came out, Scandal was no more.

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There aren't any coincidences. I think things really happen for a reason.

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The more rocking, the better.

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When you have a different mother, you want to be in her world. Because in mine, I didn't feel like I fit in.

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Scandal rarely toured after those first few hits. I want to go out and sing and connect with fans who may have never seen us live.

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I'm a lead singer of a band, and that's so enough. It's not like I need to have my name on everything. The new name 'Scandal, Featuring Patty Smyth' was just to make it clear that I wasn't leaving the group.

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Tennis players shouldn't get married. It hurts your game.

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Bios are always so dull and boring.

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In the past, I've allowed myself to record songs that I wish I had not, but agreed to for one reason or another.

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We shot the video for 'Broken' where both my parents grew up. There was always a strong sense of serving our country in the neighborhood - my father and all my uncles served, and most of them enlisted.

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When I was a kid, those were carefree days without much pressure.

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I'd love to have a Christmas classic under my belt. It's hard to write a Christmas song.

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I'm able to do nothing.

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I went through a period of being disillusioned with touring.

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It took a while for me to figure out how it all fit in, being a mother and being a woman and being a rock singer.

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I've lived most of my life in Manhattan, but I lived in Brooklyn for a while as a kid. I went to junior high school there. Girls in Brooklyn have to be tough - I mean real tough - just to get by. It's life in the combat zone.

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You had to be tough to survive in my neighborhood.

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You had to have a great voice or talent as a musician before imaging or marketing plans came into play.

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I partnered with Headstrong because they give free and fast mental health support to our veterans who are most at risk. There is no red tape, and they get help within a day or two instead of weeks.

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It's funny. You travel all over the world, and you wind up with a guy from your hometown.

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Back when I first started with Scandal, I felt like I had to carry a lot of the weight because it was up to me to sell those songs.

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I haven't always made all of the right decisions from a career perspective, but things worked out in the end.

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I'm not a Pat Benatar clone. I wish people would forget about that comparison.

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I listen to country music. I listen to jazz. I listen to R&B. I listen to Jimi Hendrix a lot.

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Honesty is always hip.

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You can't keep doing the same things when you get married and have a family. You have to slow down. You have to be responsible.

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When Scandal had a top 20 video, no one knew what I looked like. I had all this stuff on me.

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There's a danger in loving somebody too much, and it's sad when you know it's your heart you can't trust.

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I don't want to lose you, but I don't want to use you just to have someone by my side.

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...and like a fool who will never see the truth I keep thinking something's gonna change There's a danger in loving somebody too much And it's sad when you know it's your heart they can't touch There's a reason why people don't stay who they are Baby sometimes love's just ain't enough

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