A Quote by Michael Stipe

I don't find R.E.M. to be nihilistic. There is a constant undertone of joyous optimism. I'm not going to kill myself to Patti Smith or R.E.M.

Michael Stipe

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Michael Stipe
American - Musician
Born: January 4, 1960

I wasn't familiar with Patti [Smith ]much at all. When I was asked to photograph her, my wife said, "Oh my God, Patti Smith!" So I looked at some Robert Mapplethorpe books and I recognized those pictures.

Steven Sebring

I became Patti's [Smith] messenger, basically, and the film is my view of how I learned about Patti.

Steven Sebring

The commercial space industry owes a huge debt to Patti Grace Smith. There might not be a commercial spaceflight industry were it not for Patti's leadership.

Bruce Pittman

I love to sing old Motown songs to myself, or some Patti Smith Edith Piaf or Billie Holiday. That gets me in the mood for singing.

Siobhan Fahey

When I was 15, 16, I started going to a studio and my biggest inspiration were women, like Lola Flores from Spain or Janis Joplin or Patti Smith.

Rosalia

I loved 'Just Kids' by Patti Smith.

Carrie Brownstein

I've got the biggest crush on Patti Smith.

Shaun Evans

I was pretty taken with Patti Smith, she was my heroine.

Gavin Rossdale

I quickly realized that Patti [Smith] was somebody very special.

Steven Sebring

Someone who's a great hero of mine and has become a friend is Patti Smith.

Andrea Riseborough

I'm interested in Patti Smith and women who were iconic in a very hedonistic way.

Annabelle Wallis

I just wanted to be Patti's [Smith] messenger and get her word out there.

Steven Sebring

Punk-rock records came out and you bought whatever you could find. But Devo didn't happen for another three years. Sex Pistols didn't tour the States until '78. At that time, for me, it was really about CBGB, Patti Smith, Talking Heads, the Ramones, and Television.

Michael Stipe

Sexual intercourse... a joyous, joyous, joyous, joyous impaling of woman on man's sensual mast.