Patti Smith: Housewife/Superstar

["Back to My Place" in Mojo Magazine, January, 1998]

Patti Smith Housewife/Superstar

Q: What music are you currently grooving to?
A: John Coltrane: Live at the Village Vanguard and The Grateful Dead: Fillmore East 2/11/69

Q: What, if push comes to shove, is your all-time favourite album?
A: Jimi Hendrix Electric Ladyland

Q: What was the first record you ever bought? Where did you buy it?
A: The Revells' "Dead Men Stroll" at the House of Oldies in Philly.

Q: Which musician (other than yourself) have you ever wanted to be?
A: Beethoven

Q: What do you sing in the shower?
A: Original compositions

Q: What's your favourite Saturday night record?
A: Grateful Dead

Q: And your favourite Sunday morning record?
A: Blind Lemon Jefferson



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