I don't like answering to ...

I don\'t like answering to other people\'s philosophies. I don\'t have any philosophy, I just believe in stuff. Either I believe in something or I don\'t. Like, I believe in the Rolling Stones but not in the Dave Clark Five. There\'s nothing philosophic about it. Whenever I\'m linked with a movement, it pisses me off.
I don't like answering to other people's philosophies. I don't have any philosophy, I just believe in stuff. Either I believe in something or I don't. Like, I believe in the Rolling Stones but not in the Dave Clark Five. There's nothing philosophic about it. Whenever I'm linked with a movement, it pisses me off.
 Patti Smith

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