I never thought of being a performer, never thought of being a singer, never thought of being a photographer. It’s just the trajectory of my work. I go to the medium that serves the vision.
As I grew up, one of my strongest allies has been my sister.
For me, personally, I think drugs are sacred and should be used for work. That’s what I believe in. Drugs have a real shamanistic value. I can handle drugs. I’ve never had a problem.
People say hello to me. I mean, sometimes the sanitation truck goes by and says, hey Patti...
I’m a worker. I do the work to communicate, and I want people to embrace it, and when they do I’m happy.
Ultimately, we are not seeking others to bow to, but to reinforce our individual natures, to help us suffer our own choices, to guide us on our own particular journeys.
I liked being on stage, I just didn’t like the theatrical aspect of being in front of people.
Remember, we are mortal, but poetry is not.
Polaroid by its nature makes you frugal. You walk around with maybe two packs of film in your pocket. You have 20 shots, so each shot is a world.
Those who have suffered understand suffering and therefore extend their hand.
People have the power to redeem the work of fools.
I hated the makeup. I hated all that pancake makeup. I didn’t really like dressing for parts.
All I’ve ever wanted, since I was a child, was to do something wonderful.
I never felt oppressed because of my gender. When I’m writing a poem or drawing, I’m not a female; I’m an artist.
I think I’m constantly in a state of adjustment.
If I’m really working on something, writing or painting or really concentrating, I don’t even think about brushing my hair.
Should I pursue a path so twisted? Should I crawl defeated and gifted?
I’m more concerned with the work people do than their gender. When I was younger, I was pretty judgmental. Things had to be a certain way. Now I just want to see the work. It doesn’t matter who does it.
People came at me with all sorts of offers, wanting to make me into a hard-core Cher. I had no desire for any amount of money to be reformed for someone’s vision, because in the end, that’s what you got: your clay in someone else’s hands.
I think I work in two worlds. I’ll always try to kick through a wall. I did that when I was younger and I still have my way of doing that.