Patti Smith

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 extremes, she
can be inspired or klutzy, and she's rarely anything in between. For most of Gun... More >

Always took herself too seriously, still touched with the divine ("Persuasion," "Gone Pie")