I love Patti Smith

Saturday, March 17, 2007 by Dave Winer.

1999 Salon profile of Patti Smith who was outstanding on last night's HD broadcast of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame awards.  

Patti's mom, who called her Tricia, loved her music as much as we do. Mom told her, on the day she died, that when she was inducted she should play her favorite song, the one she played while she was vacuuming. Smith told the story so sweetly, so you had to wonder what the song would be. She turned around, put the mike to her mouth and screamed: "I don't fuck much with the past but I fuck plenty with the future." Mom's favorite Patti Smith song, it turns out, was Rock & Roll Nigger. Kind of the punk rock equivalent of We Make Shitty Software. I love Patti Smith. 

Google's discography for Patti Smith.