“Patti Smith has never stopped being reckless. At a time when most songwriters can’t see beyond their neighborhoods or above their belts, the fifty-three-year-old Smith still insists that rock is a gateway to revelation. She doesn’t flinch from excess or outsize emotions; she makes known her desire, her fury, her exaltation, her grief. Drawn to […]”
“Ever since witchy punk diva Patti Smith came out of retirement in 1988, her music has been mired in a serious creative stasis. True, she's endured some personal tragedies along the way-- namely, the untimely death of both her husband and brother. But the real tragedy, I'd say, is her growing inability to write a decent song. Hobnobbing with hip celebs at trendy Manhattan bistros may indeed be a ha”
