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An artist may have burdens the ordinary citizen doesn't know, but the ordinary citizen has burdens that many artists never even touch.
-Patti Smith
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An Artist May Have Burdens The Ordinary

Patti Smith
An artist may have burdens the ordinary citizen doesn't know, but the ordinary citizen has burdens that many artists never even touch.
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If i have any regrets, i could say that i'm sorry i wasn't a better writer or a better singer...when i was younger, i felt it was my duty to wake people up. i thought poetry was asleep. i thought rock 'n' roll was asleep...an artist may have burdens the ordinary citizen doesn't know, but the ordinary citizen has burdens that many artists never even touch.
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