Patti Smith
Musician, poet and photographer
I would love to have a better sense of physical balance.
If you could change one thing about yourself, what would it be?
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What is your greatest fear?
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Originally asked
Vanity Fair, to its interview subject, The Proust Questionnaire
Verbatim recurring item in Vanity Fair's Proust Questionnaire; two publisher-hosted respondent pages establish institutional recurrence.
You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
I would be a better correspondent. I’m hopeless by e-mail, by phone, by text.
The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 15 March 2012 source ↗
Others on this question
View all 52 →I would talk slower. When I hear myself interviewed sometimes it sounds like I’m running an auction.
Thinking that I am not enough or not beautiful the way I am. That thinking is super-dangerous.
Nothin’. All my experiences, talents, wins, and L’s make me who I am today. I am constantly evolving, learning, and working toward not just being great, but also staying true to who I’ve always been—just a kid with a big dream from the LBC.
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View profile →Becoming dickish.
Discretion and good cheer.
Now. My life is better with every year of living it.
Loud bar, good band, cold beer, ride home.
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