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{{Short description|American singer, songwriter, poet, painter, author and photographer (born 1946)}}
{{About||the lead singer of the band Scandal|Patty Smyth|other persons of the same name|Patricia Smith (disambiguation)}}
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{{Infobox musical artist <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Musicians -->
| name              = Patti Smith
| image             = Patti Smith-63233.jpg
| caption           = Smith at the [[81st Venice International Film Festival]], 2024
| birth_name        = Patricia Lee Smith
| birth_date        = {{Birth date and age|1946|12|30|mf=yes}}
| birth_place       = [[Chicago]], Illinois, U.S.
| origin            = [[Deptford Township, New Jersey]], U.S.
| instrument        = {{flatlist|
* Vocals
* guitar
* clarinet
}}
| genre             = {{Flatlist|
* [[Punk rock]]
* [[art punk]]
* [[proto-punk]]
* [[art rock]]
* [[garage rock]]
* [[pop rock]]
}}
| discography       = [[Patti Smith discography]]
| occupation        = {{flatlist|
* Singer
* songwriter
* poet
* painter
* author
* photographer
}}
| years_active      = 1967–present
| label             = {{flatlist|
* [[Arista Records|Arista]]
* [[Columbia Records|Columbia]]
}}
| website           = {{URL|https://www.pattismith.net}}
}}

'''Patricia Lee Smith''' (born December 30, 1946) is an American singer, songwriter, poet, painter, author, and photographer. Her 1975 debut album ''[[Horses (album)|Horses]]'' made her an influential member of the New York City–based [[punk rock]] movement.<ref name="Allmusic bio">{{cite web |first=Steve |last=Huey |title=Patti Smith > Biography |url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/p126485 |website=[[AllMusic]] |access-date=April 18, 2009 |archive-date=January 18, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120118045737/http://www.allmusic.com/artist/p126485 |url-status=live }}</ref> Smith has fused [[rock music|rock]] and [[poetry]] in her work. In 1978, her most widely known song, "[[Because the Night]]," co-written with [[Bruce Springsteen]], reached number 13 on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]] chart<ref name="Allmusic bio" /> and number five on the [[UK Singles Chart]].

In 2005, Smith was named a Commander of the {{lang|fr|[[Ordre des Arts et des Lettres]]}} by the [[Ministry of Culture (France)|French Ministry of Culture]].<ref name="Ordre">{{cite web |title=''Remise des insignes de Commandeur dans l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres à Patti Smith 'Solidays''' |url=http://www.culture.gouv.fr/culture/actualites/conferen/donnedieu/patti_smith.html |publisher=[[Minister of Culture (France)|French Ministry of Culture]] |location=Paris |language=fr |date=July 10, 2005 |access-date=April 18, 2009 |archive-date=April 13, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160413184927/http://www.culture.gouv.fr/culture/actualites/conferen/donnedieu/patti_smith.html |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2007, she was inducted into the [[Rock and Roll Hall of Fame]].<ref name="R&R hall">{{cite web |title=Patti Smith profile |url=http://www.rockhall.com/inductees/patti-smith |publisher=[[Rock and Roll Hall of Fame]] |location=Cleveland, Ohio |year=2007 |access-date=April 18, 2009 |archive-date=September 16, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230916023555/https://www.rockhall.com/inductees/patti-smith |url-status=live }}</ref> In November 2010, Smith won the [[National Book Award]] for her memoir ''[[Just Kids]]'',<ref name="nba2010" /> written to fulfill a promise she made to [[Robert Mapplethorpe]], her longtime partner and friend. She is ranked 47th on ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' magazine's [[Rolling Stone's 100 Greatest Artists of All Time|100 Greatest Artists of all Time]], published in 2010,<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/100-greatest-artists-of-all-time-19691231/patti-smith-20110420 |title=Patti Smith &#124; 100 Greatest Artists |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |date=December 2, 2010 |access-date=September 4, 2016 |archive-date=June 12, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612184718/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/100-greatest-artists-of-all-time-19691231/patti-smith-20110420 |url-status=dead }}</ref> and was awarded the [[Polar Music Prize]] in 2011.

==Early life and education==
Smith was born on December 30, 1946, at Grant Hospital in the [[Lincoln Park, Chicago|Lincoln Park]] section of [[Chicago]],<ref name="bockris">{{Cite book |last1 = Bockris |first1 = Victor |last2 = Bayley |first2 = Roberta |title = Patti Smith: an unauthorized biography |publisher = Simon & Schuster |year = 1999 |page = 19 |isbn = 978-0-684-82363-8 |url = https://books.google.com/books?id=DM813EFRYcoC&pg=PA19}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book| last= Wendell| first= Eric|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=f6iDBQAAQBAJ&pg=PA2 |title= Patti Smith: America's Punk Rock Rhapsodist|date=2014|publisher=[[Rowman & Littlefield]]| location= Lanham, Maryland|isbn=978-0-8108-8691-9|language=en}}</ref> to Beverly Smith, a jazz singer turned waitress, and Grant Smith, a [[Honeywell]] [[machinist]].{{check|date=November 2025}}<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/patti-smith-plays-messenger-20020920|title=Patti Smith Plays 'Messenger'|last=Margolis|first=Lynn|date=September 20, 2002|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|publisher=[[Wenner Media]]|location=New York |access-date=September 24, 2017|archive-date=September 24, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170924092722/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/patti-smith-plays-messenger-20020920|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Bockris |first=Victor |url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/Patti_Smith/DM813EFRYcoC?hl=en&gbpv=1&pg=PA19&printsec=frontcover |title=Patti Smith: An Unauthorized Biography |last2=Bayley |first2=Roberta |date=1999 |publisher=Simon and Schuster |isbn=978-0-684-82363-8 |language=en}}</ref> Her family is of partially Irish ancestry<ref>{{cite book|title=Just Kids|last1=Smith|first1=Patti|date=2010|publisher=[[HarperCollins]]| location=New York |isbn=978-0-06-200844-2|edition=EPub|page=13}}</ref> (though in her 2025 memoir ''[[Bread of Angels: A Memoir|Bread of Angels]]'', Smith revealed that she learned at age 70 that Grant Smith was in fact not her biological father and her patrilineal lineage is Ashkenazi Jewish).<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2025/12/patti-smith-memoir/684613/|title=Patti Smith’s Family Secrets: Nearing 80, the punk poet reflects on the twists in her story that have surprised even her.|magazine=[[The Atlantic]]|first=Amy|last=Weiss-Meyer|date=October 31, 2025|access-date=November 5, 2025}}</ref> Patti is the eldest of four children, with siblings Linda, Kimberly, and Todd.<ref>{{Cite web| url= https://www.aristarecordings.com/| title= Arista Recordings – Official Website| website=Arista Recordings | access-date= February 6, 2020| archive-date= February 3, 2020| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20200203005254/https://www.aristarecordings.com/| url-status= live}}</ref>

When Smith was four, the family moved from Chicago to the [[Germantown, Philadelphia|Germantown]] section of [[Philadelphia]],<ref>"1957: a childhood on fire", ''The Independent'', April 28, 2012, in ''Radar'' section, with [https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/features/the-extract-woolgathering-by-patti-smith-7682258.html extract from ''Woolgathering''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220905113736/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/features/the-extract-woolgathering-by-patti-smith-7682258.html |date=September 5, 2022 }} by Patti Smith.</ref> then to [[Pitman, New Jersey]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.oceanstar.com/patti/intervus/751229nw.htm |title=patti smith: interview w/ _newsweek_ 12/19/75 |website=Oceanstar.com |date=December 29, 1975 |access-date=September 4, 2016 |archive-date=April 10, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160410213430/http://www.oceanstar.com/patti/intervus/751229nw.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> and finally settled in the Woodbury Gardens section of [[Deptford Township, New Jersey]].<ref name="Arista bio">{{cite web|title=Patti Smith – Biography. 'Three chord rock merged with the power of the word' |url=http://www.aristarec.com/psmith/smithbio.html|publisher=[[Arista Records]]|date=June 1996|access-date=April 19, 2009 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080611145837/http://www.aristarec.com/psmith/smithbio.html |archive-date = June 11, 2008}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news | last = LaGorce | first = Tammy | title = Patti Smith, New Jersey's Truest Rock-Poet | newspaper = [[The New York Times]] | location = New York | date = December 11, 2005 | url = https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=950CE0D81031F932A25751C1A9639C8B63 | quote = But of all the ways to know Patti Smith, few people, including Ms. Smith, would think to embrace her as Deptford Township's proudest export. | access-date = July 20, 2010 | archive-date = July 24, 2009 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090724072745/http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=950CE0D81031F932A25751C1A9639C8B63 | url-status = live }}</ref>

At an early age, Smith was exposed to music, including the albums ''Shrimp Boats'' by [[Harry Belafonte]], ''The Money Tree'' by [[Patience and Prudence]], and ''[[Another Side of Bob Dylan]]'', [[Bob Dylan]]'s fourth album, released in 1964, which her mother gave her.

In 1964, Smith graduated from [[Deptford Township High School]], and began working in a factory.<ref name= "Allmusic bio" /><ref name= "autogenerated20">Smith, Patti (2010). ''Just Kids'', p. 20. HarperCollins, New York. {{ISBN|978-0-06-621131-2}}.</ref> She briefly attended Glassboro State College, now [[Rowan University]], in [[Glassboro, New Jersey]].

==Career==
===Early performances===
In 1969, Smith went to Paris with her sister, and started [[Street performance|busking]] and doing performance art.<ref name="Arista bio"/> When Smith returned to Manhattan, she lived at the [[Hotel Chelsea]] with [[Robert Mapplethorpe]]. They frequented [[Max's Kansas City]] on [[Park Avenue]], and Smith provided the [[spoken word]] soundtrack for Sandy Daley's art film ''Robert Having His Nipple Pierced'', starring Mapplethorpe. The same year, Smith appeared with [[Jayne County]] in [[Jackie Curtis]]'s play ''Femme Fatale''. She also starred in [[Anthony Ingrassia]]'s play ''Island''. As a member of the [[Poetry Project]], she spent the early 1970s painting, writing, and performing.

In 1969, Smith also performed in the [[one-act play]] ''[[Cowboy Mouth (play)|Cowboy Mouth]]'',<ref name="RS bio">{{cite encyclopedia |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/artists/pattismith/biography |title=Patti Smith: Biography |access-date=February 4, 2008 |encyclopedia=The Rolling Stone Encyclopedia of Rock & Roll |year=2001 |url-status=dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20071212083500/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/pattismith/biography <!--Added by H3llBot--> |archive-date=December 12, 2007}}</ref> which she co-wrote with [[Sam Shepard]]. The published play's notes call for "a man who looks like a coyote and a woman who looks like a crow". She wrote several poems about Shepard and her relationship with him, including "for sam shepard"<ref>"for sam shepard," in ''[[Creem]]'' Sept. 1971 [http://www.oceanstar.com/patti/poetry/forsam.htm link] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091015153208/http://www.oceanstar.com/patti/poetry/forsam.htm |date=October 15, 2009 }}</ref> and "Sam Shepard: 9 Random Years (7 + 2)", that were published in ''Angel City, Curse of the Starving Class & Other Plays (1976)''.

On February 10, 1971, Smith, accompanied by [[Lenny Kaye]] on electric guitar, opened for [[Gerard Malanga]], which was her first public poetry performance.<ref name="auto">{{cite web|url=http://www.exclaim.ca/articles/multiarticlesub.aspx?fid1=25407 |title=Patti Smith Fights the Good Fight – Timeline |access-date=December 5, 2008 |last=Khanna |first=Vish |date=May 2007 |work=Exclaim! |location=Canada |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090124001953/http://www.exclaim.ca/articles/multiarticlesub.aspx?fid1=25407 |archive-date=January 24, 2009 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/patti-smith-first-gig-show-1971-st-marks/ | title=Patti Smith reminisces about her first-ever gig in New York | date=August 22, 2020 }}</ref>

Smith was briefly considered as lead singer for [[Blue Öyster Cult]]. She contributed lyrics to several Blue Öyster Cult songs, including "Debbie Denise", which was inspired by her poems "In Remembrance of Debbie Denise", "Baby Ice Dog", "Career of Evil", "[[Fire of Unknown Origin]]", "The Revenge of Vera Gemini", on which she performs duet vocals, and "Shooting Shark". At the time, she was romantically involved with [[Allen Lanier]], Blue Öyster Cult's keyboardist.  During these years, Smith was also a rock music journalist, writing periodically for ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' and ''[[Creem]]''.<ref name="auto"/>

===The Patti Smith Group===
In 1973, Smith teamed up again with musician and rock archivist Lenny Kaye, and later added [[Richard Sohl]] on piano. The trio developed into a full band with the addition of [[Ivan Král]] on guitar and bass and [[Jay Dee Daugherty]] on drums.<ref name="auto"/> Financed by [[Sam Wagstaff]], the band recorded their first single, "[[Hey Joe]]/[[Piss Factory]]" in 1974. The A-side was a version of the rock standard with the addition of a spoken word piece about [[Patty Hearst]], a fugitive heiress. The B-side describes the helpless alienation Smith felt while working on a factory [[assembly line]] and the salvation she dreams of achieving by escaping to New York City.<ref name="Allmusic bio"/> In a 1996 interview on artistic influences during her younger years, Smith said, "I had devoted so much of my girlish daydreams to [[Arthur Rimbaud|Rimbaud]]. Rimbaud was like my boyfriend."<ref name="Moore">{{Cite web |title=BOMB Magazine {{!}} Patti Smith by Thurston Moore |url=https://bombmagazine.org/articles/1996/01/01/patti-smith/ |access-date=2025-06-26 |website=[[BOMB Magazine]] |language=en}}</ref>

Later the same year, she performed "I Wake Up Screaming", a poem, on ''[[The Whole Thing Started with Rock & Roll Now It's Out of Control]]'', an album by [[The Doors]]' [[Ray Manzarek]].

====Albums====
{{Further|Horses (album)|Easter (Patti Smith Group album)|Radio Ethiopia|Wave (Patti Smith Group album)}}
[[File:Patti smith, Hotel Engematthof Zürich, Oktober 1976 © Eric Bachmann.jpg|thumb|Smith, photographed by [[Eric Bachmann (photographer)|Eric Bachmann]],  during an interview in October 1976]]

In March 1975, the Patti Smith Group began a two-month weekend set of shows at [[CBGB]] in New York City with the band [[Television (band)|Television]]. The Patti Smith Group was spotted by [[Clive Davis]], who signed them to [[Arista Records]].

Later that year, the Patti Smith Group recorded their debut album, ''[[Horses (album)|Horses]]'', produced by [[John Cale]] amid some tension.<ref name="auto"/> The album fused [[punk rock]] and spoken poetry and begins with a cover of [[Van Morrison]]'s "[[Gloria (Them song)|Gloria]]", and Smith's opening words: "Jesus died for somebody's sins but not mine", an excerpt from "Oath", one of Smith's early poems. The austere cover photograph by Mapplethorpe has become one of rock's classic images.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://www.superseventies.com/greatestalbumcovers.html |title=Seventies' Greatest Album Covers |access-date=February 4, 2008 |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |date=November 14, 1991 |archive-date=November 1, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151101105150/http://www.superseventies.com/greatestalbumcovers.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

As punk rock grew in popularity, the Patti Smith Group toured the U.S. and Europe. The rawer sound of the group's second album, ''[[Radio Ethiopia]]'', reflected this. Considerably less accessible than ''Horses'', ''Radio Ethiopia'' initially received poor reviews. However, several songs have stood the test of time, and Smith still performs them live.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://setlists.pattismithlogbook.info/years/2007.html |title=Patti Smith setlists, 2007 |access-date=February 7, 2008 |archive-date=September 12, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150912004040/http://setlists.pattismithlogbook.info/years/2007.html |url-status=live }}</ref> She has said that ''Radio Ethiopia'' was influenced by the band [[MC5]].<ref name=Moore/>

On January 23, 1977, while touring in support of ''Radio Ethiopia'', Smith accidentally danced off a high stage in [[Tampa, Florida]], and fell 15-feet onto a concrete [[orchestra pit]], breaking several [[cervical vertebrae]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pattismithlogbook.info/logbook/chronology/1977/19770123.htm|title=Patti Smith chronology|access-date=February 4, 2008|archive-date=March 3, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303222151/http://www.pattismithlogbook.info/logbook/chronology/1977/19770123.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> The injury required a period of rest and [[physical therapy]], during which she says she was able to reassess, reenergize, and reorganize her life.

The Patti Smith Group produced two further albums. ''[[Easter (Patti Smith Group album)|Easter]]'', released in 1978, was their most commercially successful record. It included the band's top single "[[Because the Night]]", co-written with [[Bruce Springsteen]]. ''[[Wave (Patti Smith Group album)|Wave]]'' (1979) was less successful, although the songs "[[Frederick (song)|Frederick]]" and "[[Dancing Barefoot]]" received commercial airplay.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pattismithland.com/sotw.htm|title=Song of the Week: Dancing Barefoot |access-date=February 26, 2008|author=Smith, Patti|year=2002|archive-date=January 12, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080112181302/http://www.pattismithland.com/sotw.htm}}</ref>

Through most of the 1980s, Patti lived with her family in [[St. Clair Shores, Michigan]], and was semi-retired from music. She ultimately moved back to New York City.

====Touring and additional albums====
{{Further|Dream of Life|E-Bow the Letter|Glitter in Their Eyes|Gone Again|Land (1975–2002)|The Patti Smith Masters|Trampin'}}
[[File:CBGB club facade.jpg|thumb|On October 15, 2006, Smith performed a 3½-hour ''tour de force'' show to close out [[CBGB]], the famed New York City live music venue.]]
[[File:Patti Smith performing at Primavera Sound Festival, Barcelona.jpg|thumb|Smith performing at Primavera Sound Festival in [[Barcelona]], in June 2007]]
[[File:Patti Smith (Haldern Pop Festival 2014) IMGP4121 smial wp.jpg|thumb|Smith performing at [[Haldern Pop]] in [[North Rhine-Westphalia]], Germany, in August 2014]]
[[File:Patti Smith in Berlin, 2022, Bild 2.jpg|thumb|Smith performing in Berlin, in June 2022]]

In June 1988, Smith released the album ''[[Dream of Life]]'', which included the song "[[People Have the Power]]".

[[Michael Stipe]] of [[R.E.M.]] and [[Allen Ginsberg]], whom she had known since her early years in New York City, urged her return to live music and touring. She toured briefly with [[Bob Dylan]] in December 1995, which is chronicled in a book of photographs by Stipe.<ref name="RS bio"/>

In 1996, Smith worked with her long-time colleagues to record ''[[Gone Again]],'' featuring "About a Boy", a tribute to [[Kurt Cobain]], the former lead singer of [[Nirvana (band)|Nirvana]] who died by [[suicide]] in 1994.

The same year, she collaborated with Stipe on "[[E-Bow the Letter]]", a song on R.E.M.'s ''[[New Adventures in Hi-Fi]],'' which she performed live with the band.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/r240302 |title=New Adventures in Hi-Fi |access-date=February 7, 2008 |author=Stephen Thomas Erlewine |website=[[AllMusic]] |archive-date=March 14, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110314095006/http://www.allmusic.com/album/r240302 |url-status=live }}</ref> After the release of ''Gone Again,'' Smith recorded two further albums, ''[[Peace and Noise]]'' in 1997, which included the single "[[1959 (Patti Smith song)|1959]]" about [[Invasion of Tibet (1950–1951)|China's invasion of Tibet]], and ''[[Gung Ho (album)|Gung Ho]]'' in 2000, which included songs about [[Ho Chi Minh]] and Smith's late father. Smith was nominated for the [[Grammy Award for Best Female Rock Vocal Performance]] for two songs, "1959" and "[[Glitter in Their Eyes]]".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rockonthenet.com/grammy/rockfemale.htm |title=Grammy Awards: Best Rock Vocal Performance – Female |access-date=March 6, 2008 |archive-date=February 22, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080222233111/http://www.rockonthenet.com/grammy/rockfemale.htm |url-status=live }}</ref>

A box set of Smith's work up to that time, ''[[The Patti Smith Masters]]''. was released in 1996.

In 2002, Smith released ''[[Land (1975–2002)]],'' a two-CD compilation that includes a cover of [[Prince (musician)|Prince]]'s "[[When Doves Cry]]". Smith's [[Solo show (art exhibition)|solo art exhibition]] ''[[Strange Messenger]]'' was hosted at the [[Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh|Andy Warhol Museum]] in [[Pittsburgh]] on September 28, 2002.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.warhol.org/whats_on/pdfs/PR_Patti_Smith.pdf |title=The Andy Warhol Museum Announces Patti Smith Performance and Retrospective Exhibition |access-date=March 19, 2008 |date=May 3, 2002 |publisher=The Andy Warhol Museum |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20061231060409/http://www.warhol.org/whats_on/pdfs/PR_Patti_Smith.pdf |archive-date = December 31, 2006}}</ref>

On April 27, 2004, Smith released ''[[Trampin']]'', which included several songs about motherhood, partly in tribute to Smith's mother, who died two years earlier. It was her first album on [[Columbia Records]], which later became a [[Sony BMG|sister label]] to her [[Arista Records]], her previous label. Smith curated the [[Meltdown (festival)|Meltdown festival]] in London on June 25, 2005, in which she performed ''Horses'' live in its entirety for the first time.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2005/jun/03/meltdownfestival2005.meltdownfestival|title=Some give a song. Some give a life&nbsp;...|access-date=February 8, 2008|newspaper=[[The Guardian]]|date=June 3, 2005|location=London, UK|first=Ed|last=Vulliamy|archive-date=July 6, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080706080841/http://arts.guardian.co.uk/fridayreview/story/0,,1497477,00.html|url-status=live}}</ref> This live performance was released later in 2004 as ''Horses/Horses''.

On October 15, 2006, Smith performed a 3½-hour ''tour de force'' show to close out at [[CBGB]], which was an immensely influential New York City live music venue for much of the late 20th and early 21st centuries. At the CBGB show, Smith took the stage at 9:30&nbsp;p.m. (EDT) and closed her show a few minutes after 1:00&nbsp;am. Her final song was "Elegie", after which she read a list of [[punk rock]] musicians and advocates who had died in the previous years, representing the last public song and words performed at the iconic venue.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/16/arts/music/16cnd-cbgbnotebook.html |title=Fans of a Groundbreaking Club Mourn and Then Move On|access-date=February 4, 2008|author=Pareles, Jon|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|date=October 16, 2006|archive-date=April 6, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080406204640/http://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/16/arts/music/16cnd-cbgbnotebook.html |url-status=live}}</ref>

In April 2007, Smith's cover of "[[Gimme Shelter]]" appeared on her tenth album, ''[[Twelve (Patti Smith album)|Twelve]]'', an all-covers album released by [[Columbia Records]].

In July 2008, a live album by Smith and [[Kevin Shields]], ''[[The Coral Sea (album)|The Coral Sea]]'', was released.

On September 10, 2009, after a week of smaller events and exhibitions in [[Florence]], Smith played an open-air concert at [[Piazza Santa Croce]], commemorating her performance in the same city 30 years earlier.<ref>[http://www.firenzeturismo.it/en/events/69-archivio-iniziative-e-promozioni/1257-patti-smith-e-firenze-un-amore-ritrovato.html Patti Smith and Florence, a never-ending story], ''Agenzia per il Turismo, Firenze'', July 2009. Retrieved September 30, 2009. {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100608040125/http://www.firenzeturismo.it/en/events/69-archivio-iniziative-e-promozioni/1257-patti-smith-e-firenze-un-amore-ritrovato.html |date=June 8, 2010 }}</ref>

Smith recorded a cover of [[Buddy Holly]]'s "[[Words of Love]]" for the CD ''[[Rave on Buddy Holly]]'', a tribute album tied to Holly's 75th birthday, which was released June 28, 2011.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/blogsburger/51713618-53/holly-buddy-rave-apple.html.csp|title=Paul McCartney, Fiona Apple, Modest Mouse, My Morning Jacket and more cover Buddy Holly on Holly's 75th b-day year|last=Burger|first=David|date=April 28, 2011|newspaper=[[The Salt Lake Tribune]]|access-date=May 10, 2011|archive-date=May 2, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110502083407/http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/blogsburger/51713618-53/holly-buddy-rave-apple.html.csp|url-status=live}}</ref>

She also recorded the song "Capitol Letter" for the [[The Hunger Games: Catching Fire – Original Motion Picture Soundtrack|official soundtrack]] of the second film of the ''[[Hunger Games]]''' series ''[[The Hunger Games: Catching Fire]]''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://blogs.indiewire.com/theplaylist/the-hunger-games-catching-fire-soundtrack-features-coldplay-patti-smith-the-national-the-weeknd-more-20130926 |title='The Hunger Games: Catching Fire' Soundtrack Features Coldplay, Patti Smith, The National, The Weeknd & More; The Playlist |last=Jagernauth |first=Kevin |website=IndieWire |date=2013-09-26 |access-date=April 23, 2014 |archive-date=December 16, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131216183537/http://blogs.indiewire.com/theplaylist/the-hunger-games-catching-fire-soundtrack-features-coldplay-patti-smith-the-national-the-weeknd-more-20130926 |url-status=live }}</ref>

Smith's 11th studio album, ''[[Banga (album)|Banga]]'', was released in June 2012. ''American Songwriter'' wrote that, "These songs aren't as loud or frantic as those of her late 70s heyday, but they resonate just as boldly as she moans, chants, speaks and spits out lyrics with the grace and determination of [[Muhammad Ali]] in his prime. It's not an easy listen—the vast majority of her music never has been—but if you're a fan and/or prepared for the challenge, this is as potent, heady and uncompromising as she has ever gotten, and with Smith's storied history as a musical maverick, that's saying plenty."<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.americansongwriter.com/2012/06/patti-smith-banga/|title=Patti Smith: Banga|magazine=[[American Songwriter]]|access-date=June 8, 2012|archive-date=April 5, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140405143544/http://www.americansongwriter.com/2012/06/patti-smith-banga/|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Metacritic]] awarded the album a score of 81, indicating "universal acclaim".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.metacritic.com/music/banga/patti-smith/critic-reviews|title=Banga by Patti Smith|website=Metacritic|access-date=September 6, 2017}}</ref>

Also in 2012, Smith recorded a cover of ''Io come persona'' by Italian singer-songwriter [[Giorgio Gaber]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://my-way-online.blogspot.com/2012/11/per-gaber-io-ci-sono-la-tracklist.html|title=Per Gaber ...Io ci sono: la tracklist ufficiale|website=My-way-online.blogspot.com|access-date=January 16, 2019|archive-date=January 16, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190116200731/http://my-way-online.blogspot.com/2012/11/per-gaber-io-ci-sono-la-tracklist.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.giorgiogaber.it/news/io-ci-sono-50-artisti|title=Ecco i 50 artisti che hanno detto Per Gaber '...io ci sono'|website=Giorgiogaber.it|access-date=January 16, 2019|archive-date=November 8, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121108181822/http://www.giorgiogaber.it/news/io-ci-sono-50-artisti|url-status=live}}</ref>

In 2015, Smith wrote "Aqua Teen Dream" to commemorate the series finale of ''[[Aqua Teen Hunger Force]]''. The vocal track was recorded in a hotel overlooking [[Lerici]]'s Bay of Poets.<ref>{{cite web|last=Gordon|url=https://pitchfork.com/news/60917-patti-smith-talks-aqua-teen-hunger-force-finale-song-a-dream-come-true/|title=Patti Smith Talks 'Aqua Teen Hunger Force' Finale Song: "A Dream Come True"|work=Pitchfork|date=August 24, 2015|access-date=August 24, 2015|archive-date=March 8, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220308180717/https://pitchfork.com/news/60917-patti-smith-talks-aqua-teen-hunger-force-finale-song-a-dream-come-true/|url-status=live}}</ref> On September 26, 2015, Smith performed at the [[American Museum of Tort Law]] convocation ceremony.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.nhregister.com/general-news/20150926/ralph-naders-american-museum-of-tort-law-opens-in-winsted|title=Ralph Nader's American Museum of Tort Law opens in Winsted|newspaper=[[New Haven Register]]|author=Mirabelli, Manon L.|date=September 26, 2015|access-date=October 19, 2015|archive-date=March 9, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170309061348/http://www.nhregister.com/general-news/20150926/ralph-naders-american-museum-of-tort-law-opens-in-winsted|url-status=live}}</ref>

On December 6, 2015, she made an appearance at the Paris show of [[U2]]'s [[Innocence + Experience Tour]], performing "[[Bad (U2 song)|Bad]]" and "[[People Have the Power]]" with U2.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.europe1.fr/culture/a-bercy-u2-a-rendu-hommage-aux-victimes-des-attentats-2631769|title=A Bercy, U2 a rendu hommage aux victimes des attentats de Paris|website=Europe1|date=December 7, 2015|access-date=April 10, 2021|archive-date=March 8, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220308180719/https://www.europe1.fr/culture/a-bercy-u2-a-rendu-hommage-aux-victimes-des-attentats-2631769|url-status=live}}</ref>

In 2016, Smith performed "People Have the Power" at [[Riverside Church]] in Manhattan to celebrate the 20th anniversary of [[Democracy Now]], where she was joined by [[Michael Stipe]]. On December 10, 2016, Smith attended the Nobel Prize Award Ceremony in Stockholm on behalf of [[Bob Dylan]], winner of the [[Nobel Prize in Literature]], who could not be present due to prior commitments.

After the official presentation speech for the literary prize by [[Horace Engdahl]], the perpetual secretary of the [[Swedish Academy]], Smith sang the Dylan song "[[A Hard Rain's a-Gonna Fall]]".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=941PHEJHCwU|title=Patti Smith performs Bob Dylan's "A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall" - Nobel Prize Award Ceremony 2016|date=December 13, 2016|via=www.youtube.com|access-date=July 1, 2022|archive-date=July 1, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220701235101/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=941PHEJHCwU|url-status=live}}</ref> She incorrectly sung one verse, singing, "I saw the babe that was just bleedin'," and was momentarily unable to continue.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.newyorker.com/culture/cultural-comment/patti-smith-on-singing-at-bob-dylans-nobel-prize-ceremony|title=How does it feel|magazine=[[The New Yorker]]|first=Patti|last=Smith|date=December 14, 2016|access-date=December 15, 2016|archive-date=December 15, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211215190016/https://www.newyorker.com/culture/cultural-comment/patti-smith-on-singing-at-bob-dylans-nobel-prize-ceremony|url-status=live}}</ref> After a brief apology, saying that she was nervous, she resumed the song and earned jubilant applause at its end.<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.newyorker.com/culture/cultural-comment/a-transcendent-patti-smith-accepts-bob-dylans-nobel-prize|title=A Transcendent Patti Smith Accepts Bob Dylan's Nobel Prize|first=Amanda|last=Petrusich|magazine=The New Yorker|date=December 10, 2016|access-date=February 3, 2020|archive-date=June 16, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210616181904/https://www.newyorker.com/culture/cultural-comment/a-transcendent-patti-smith-accepts-bob-dylans-nobel-prize|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/see-patti-smith-cover-bob-dylans-hard-rains-a-gonna-fall-at-nobel-ceremony-108995/|title=See Patti Smith Cover Dylan's 'Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall' at Nobel Ceremony|first1=Daniel|last1=Kreps|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|date=December 10, 2016|access-date=February 3, 2020|archive-date=March 8, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220308175106/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/see-patti-smith-cover-bob-dylans-hard-rains-a-gonna-fall-at-nobel-ceremony-108995/|url-status=live}}</ref>

In August 2025, Smith announced the rerelease of her debut album ''Horses'', slated to be released in October  2025 to celebrate the album’s 50th anniversary. The album features unreleased tracks, remasters, and original recordings of several songs from the original track list.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Lonsdale |first=John |date=2025-08-27 |title=Patti Smith's 'Horses' Debut Is Getting a 50th Anniversary Vinyl Release: Here's Where to Order the LP Online |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/product-recommendations/lifestyle/buy-patti-smith-horses-50th-anniversary-vinyl-record-online-1235417099/ |access-date=2025-09-19 |website=Rolling Stone |language=en-US}}</ref>

===Art and writings===
In 1994, Smith began devoting time to what she terms "pure photography", a method of capturing still objects without using a flash.<ref name="bbc.co.uk">{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/world-us-canada-16624905|title=Patti Smith: The extended BBC interview|publisher=BBC|date=January 19, 2012|access-date=August 8, 2013|archive-date=May 31, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130531034350/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-16624905|url-status=live}}</ref>

From November 2006 to January 2007, an exhibition called 'Sur les Traces'<ref>{{cite web|title = Sur les Traces  | work = Trolley Gallery Books  | publisher = [[Trolley Gallery]]  | url = http://www.trolleybooks.com/exhibitionSingle.php?exhibId=37  | access-date = July 20, 2010 | archive-date = July 17, 2011 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110717104429/http://www.trolleybooks.com/exhibitionSingle.php?exhibId=37  | url-status = dead  }}</ref> at [[Trolley Gallery]], London, featured [[Instant film|polaroid]] prints taken by Smith and donated  to raise awareness and funds for the publication of ''Double Blind: Lebanon Conflict 2006,'' a book with photographs by [[Paolo Pellegrin]], a member of [[Magnum Photos]]. She also participated in the DVD commentary for ''[[Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film for Theaters]]''.

From March 28 to June 22, 2008, the [[Fondation Cartier pour l'Art Contemporain]] in Paris hosted a major exhibition of the visual artwork of ''Land 250'', drawn from pieces created by Smith between 1967 and 2007.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://fondation.cartier.com/ |title=Patti Smith, Land 250 |access-date=February 13, 2008 |publisher=Fondation Cartier |year=2008 |archive-date=September 17, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160917221146/http://fondation.cartier.com/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

In 2009, she contributed the introduction to [[Jessica Lange]]'s book ''[[50 Photographs]]''.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.observer.com/2008/arts-culture/jessica-lange-and-patti-smith-team-photo-book|title=Jessica Lange and Patti Smith Team Up|newspaper=[[The Observer]]|first=Joe|last=Pompeo|date=August 21, 2008|access-date=May 11, 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110220202707/http://www.observer.com/2008/arts-culture/jessica-lange-and-patti-smith-team-photo-book|archive-date=February 20, 2011}}</ref>

In 2010, Smith's book ''[[Just Kids]]'', a memoir of her time in [[Manhattan]] in the 1970s and her relationship with [[Robert Mapplethorpe]], was published. The book won the [[National Book Award for Nonfiction]] later that year.<ref name="nba2010">[https://www.nationalbook.org/awards-prizes/national-book-awards-2010 "National Book Awards – 2010"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181028065329/https://www.nationalbook.org/awards-prizes/national-book-awards-2010 |date=October 28, 2018 }}. [[National Book Foundation]]. Retrieved February 26, 2012. (With acceptance speech, interview, and reading.)</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Carson|first=Tom|title=The Night Belongs to Us|newspaper=The New York Times|date=January 29, 2010|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/31/books/review/Carson-t.html|access-date=February 10, 2010|archive-date=February 5, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100205024650/http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/31/books/review/Carson-t.html|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2018, a new edition of ''Just Kids'', including additional photographs and illustrations, was published. Smith also headlined a benefit concert headed by bandmate Tony Shanahan, for Court Tavern in [[New Brunswick, New Jersey]].<ref>{{cite news|last=Jordan|first=Chris|title=Patti Smith, Bands Unite to Save the Court Tavern in New Brunswick|newspaper=[[Courier News (New Jersey)|Courier News]]|date=April 30, 2010|url=http://www.mycentraljersey.com/article/20100430/ENTERTAINMENT01/100426055/-1/newsfront/Patti-Smith-Co.-unite-to-save-the-Court|access-date=October 6, 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100614092109/http://www.mycentraljersey.com/article/20100430/ENTERTAINMENT01/100426055/-1/newsfront/Patti-Smith-Co.-unite-to-save-the-Court|archive-date=June 14, 2010}}</ref> Smith's set included "Gloria", "Because the Night", and "People Have the Power".

In 2011, Smith announced the first museum exhibition of her photography in the U.S., ''Camera Solo''. She named the project after a sign she saw in the abode of [[Pope Celestine V]], which translates as "a room of one's own", and which Smith felt best described her solitary method of photography.<ref name="bbc.co.uk" /> The exhibition featured artifacts that were everyday items or places of significance to artists Smith admires, including [[Arthur Rimbaud|Rimbaud]], [[Charles Baudelaire]], [[John Keats]], and [[William Blake]]. In February 2012, she was a guest at the [[Sanremo Music Festival]].<ref>{{Cite web | url = http://www.rockol.it/news-343603/Sanremo-2012--Marlene-Kuntz-e-Patti-Smith-vincono-il-premio-per-il-duetto | publisher = Rockol.it | access-date = February 2, 2018 | title = Sanremo 2012: Marlene Kuntz e Patti Smith vincono il premio per il duetto | date = February 17, 2012 | language = it | archive-date = July 17, 2012 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120717081105/http://www.rockol.it/news-343603/Sanremo-2012--Marlene-Kuntz-e-Patti-Smith-vincono-il-premio-per-il-duetto | url-status = live }}</ref>

Also in 2011, Smith was working on a crime novel set in London. "I've been working on a detective story that starts at the [[St Giles in the Fields]] church in London for the last two years", she told [[NME]], adding that she "loved detective stories" and was a fan of British fictional detective [[Sherlock Holmes]] and U.S. crime author [[Mickey Spillane]] in her youth.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/news/patti-smith/54699|title=Patti Smith writing detective novel|work=NME|access-date=February 21, 2011|archive-date=January 29, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110129151930/http://www.nme.com/news/patti-smith/54699?|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=/ TT Spektra|url=http://www.gp.se/kulturnoje/1.537765-patti-smith-skriver-deckare|title=Patti Smith skriver deckare – Kultur & Nöje|language=sv|work=Göteborgs-Posten|date=February 17, 2011|access-date=February 21, 2011}}</ref>

Smith collaborates with the experimental group [[Soundwalk Collective]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Home |url=https://soundwalkcollective.com/ |access-date=2025-08-21 |website=Soundwalk Collective |language=en-US}}</ref> on the ongoing project ''Correspondences''.<ref>{{Cite web |title=CORRESPONDENCES with Patti Smith |url=https://soundwalkcollective.com/project/evidence-with-patti-smith |access-date=2025-08-21 |website=Soundwalk Collective |language=en-US}}</ref> Described as “an ever-evolving project,” it spans more than ten years and traverses different geographies and natural environments. Soundwalk Collective’s founder Stephan Crasneanscki has recorded sounds in remote places to uncover traces of history and environmental change, which he later shared with Smith to inspire her poetic response. Their collaboration began after a chance encounter on a plane and developed through ongoing correspondences on life and nature. ''Correspondences'' consists of eight audiovisual pieces in which sound comes before imagery, exploring themes such as the impact of seismic airguns on the oceans, the resilience of nature after the Chernobyl disaster, the anarchist visions of [[Peter Kropotkin]], and the final landscapes of [[Pier Paolo Pasolini]].

Smith announced a new memoir, ''Bread of Angels'', would be released in November 2025.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Knight |first=Lucy |date=2025-04-09 |title=Patti Smith to publish ‘intimate’ new memoir, Bread of Angels |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2025/apr/09/patti-smith-to-publish-intimate-new-memoir-bread-of-angels |access-date=2025-10-14 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}</ref> In a [[Vanity Fair (magazine)|''Vanity Fair'']] article published ahead of its release, Smith revealed that the cover photo was taken by Mapplethorpe.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Smith |first=Chris |date=2025-08-12 |title=Patti Smith Says Her New Memoir Cover, Shot by Robert Mapplethorpe, Captures “a Deeply Transitional Moment” |url=https://www.vanityfair.com/style/story/patti-smith-says-her-new-memoir-cover-shot-by-robert-mapplethorpe-captures-a-deeply-transitional-moment |access-date=2025-10-14 |website=Vanity Fair |language=en-US}}</ref> Her finally released third memoir book contains a lot of formerly unknown details and received some acclaim.<ref name="Review25">{{Cite web |last=Hermes |first=Will |date=November 10, 2025 |title=Bread of Angels: A Memoir, by Patti Smith review – a wild ride with the poet of punk |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2025/nov/10/bread-of-angels-a-memoir-by-patti-smith-review-a-wild-ride-with-the-poet-of-punk |access-date=November 10, 2025 |website=The Observer / theguardian.com}}</ref>

===Film appearances===
Also in 2010, Smith made a cameo appearance in [[Jean-Luc Godard]]'s ''[[Film Socialisme]]'', which was first screened at the [[Cannes Film Festival]] that year.<ref>{{cite web |title=''Costa Concordia was the set for a movie directed by Jean-Luc Godard'' |url=http://www.tobetravelagent.com/costa-concordia-was-the-set-for-a-movie-directed-by-jean-luc-godard/ |publisher=To Be A Travel Agent |access-date=February 4, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180725033531/http://www.tobetravelagent.com/costa-concordia-was-the-set-for-a-movie-directed-by-jean-luc-godard/ |archive-date=July 25, 2018 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

In 2017, Smith appeared as herself in ''[[Song to Song]]'' opposite [[Rooney Mara]] and [[Ryan Gosling]], directed by [[Terrence Malick]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://blogs.indiewire.com/theplaylist/rooney-mara-reveals-patti-smith-shot-scenes-for-terrence-malicks-austin-music-scene-movie-aka-weightless-20151028|title=Rooney Mara Reveals Patti Smith Shot Scenes For Terrence Malick's Austin Music Scene Movie aka 'Weightless'|website=Blogs.indiewire.com|date=October 28, 2015|access-date=October 31, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151031011208/http://blogs.indiewire.com/theplaylist/rooney-mara-reveals-patti-smith-shot-scenes-for-terrence-malicks-austin-music-scene-movie-aka-weightless-20151028|archive-date=October 31, 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/news/71725-lykke-patti-iggy-and-more-every-musician-in-terrence-malicks-song-to-song/|title=Lykke, Patti, Iggy, and More: Every Musician in Terrence Malick's Song to Song|website=[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]|first=Amy|last=Phillips|date=March 7, 2017|access-date=March 8, 2017|archive-date=March 8, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170308220834/http://pitchfork.com/news/71725-lykke-patti-iggy-and-more-every-musician-in-terrence-malicks-song-to-song/|url-status=live}}</ref> She later made an appearance at the Detroit show of U2's The Joshua Tree 2017 tour and performed "Mothers of the Disappeared" with the band.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.u2.com/tour/date/id/45561458|title=The Joshua Tree Tour 2017, Ford Field, Detroit|website=U2.com|access-date=September 4, 2017|archive-date=March 8, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220308175111/https://www.u2.com/tour/date/id/45561458|url-status=live}}</ref>

In 2018, Smith's concert-documentary film ''Horses: Patti Smith and her Band'', premiered at the 2018 [[Tribeca Film Festival]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/thepitch/at-71-years-old-patti-smith-is-still-a-rock-star-and-thank-god-for-that/|title=At 71 Years Old, Patti Smith Is Still a Rock Star—And Thank God for That|website=Pitchfork|date=April 24, 2018|language=en|access-date=April 7, 2020|archive-date=April 7, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200407143439/https://pitchfork.com/thepitch/at-71-years-old-patti-smith-is-still-a-rock-star-and-thank-god-for-that/|url-status=live}}</ref> In addition, Smith narrated [[Darren Aronofsky]]'s VR experience ''[[Spheres: Songs of Spacetime]]'' along with [[Millie Bobby Brown]] and [[Jessica Chastain]].<ref>{{Cite web|last1=Chmielewski|first1=Dawn C.|date=April 18, 2018|title=Patti Smith Narrates Darren Aronofsky's VR Experience 'Spheres: Pale Blue Dot'|url=https://deadline.com/2018/04/patti-smith-narrates-darren-aronofskys-vr-experience-spheres-1202367028/|access-date=June 29, 2020|website=Deadline|language=en|archive-date=June 29, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200629194613/https://deadline.com/2018/04/patti-smith-narrates-darren-aronofskys-vr-experience-spheres-1202367028/|url-status=live}}</ref>

In January 2019, Smith's photographs were displayed at the [[Diego Rivera]] gallery in the [[San Francisco Art Institute]] and she performed at [[The Fillmore]] in San Francisco.<ref>*{{cite web |title=PATTI SMITH: WING MONDAY, JAN 14, 2019 - SATURDAY, JAN 19, 2019 Diego Rivera Gallery |url=https://sfai.edu/exhibitions-public-events/detail/wing-an-exhibition-of-photographs-by-patti-smith |website=San Francisco Art Institute |access-date=August 29, 2022 |archive-date=August 29, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220829031315/https://sfai.edu/exhibitions-public-events/detail/wing-an-exhibition-of-photographs-by-patti-smith |url-status=live }}*{{cite magazine |last1=Petrusich |first1=Amanda |title=Patti Smith's Talismanic Photos from Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera's Home and Beyond |url=https://www.newyorker.com/culture/photo-booth/patti-smiths-talismanic-photos-from-the-home-of-frida-kahlo-and-diego-rivera |access-date=August 29, 2022 |magazine=The New Yorker |date=January 17, 2019 |archive-date=August 29, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220829031315/https://www.newyorker.com/culture/photo-booth/patti-smiths-talismanic-photos-from-the-home-of-frida-kahlo-and-diego-rivera |url-status=live }}*{{cite news |last1=Bigelow |first1=Catherine |title=Patti Smith and bowling party highlight Fog Design + Art week |url=https://www.sfchronicle.com/style/article/Patti-Smith-and-bowling-party-highlight-Fog-13550014.php |access-date=August 29, 2022 |work=San Francisco Chronicle |date=January 21, 2019 |archive-date=August 29, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220829031315/https://www.sfchronicle.com/style/article/Patti-Smith-and-bowling-party-highlight-Fog-13550014.php |url-status=live }}*{{cite news |last1=Graff |first1=Amy |title=Punk rock icon Patti Smith loves this SF Japantown restaurant with 23 kinds of spaghetti |url=https://www.sfgate.com/living/article/On-the-Bridge-Japantown-Patti-Smith-San-Francisco-13558089.php |access-date=August 29, 2022 |work=SFGATE |date=January 24, 2019 |archive-date=August 29, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220829031315/https://www.sfgate.com/living/article/On-the-Bridge-Japantown-Patti-Smith-San-Francisco-13558089.php |url-status=live }}*{{cite news |last1=Kost |first1=Ryan |title=Patti Smith, forever a punk force, returns to SF |url=https://datebook.sfchronicle.com/music/patti-smith-forever-a-punk-force-returns-to-sf |access-date=August 29, 2022 |work=Datebook - sfchronicle |date=January 7, 2019 |archive-date=August 29, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220829031315/https://datebook.sfchronicle.com/music/patti-smith-forever-a-punk-force-returns-to-sf |url-status=live }}*{{cite news |title=Patti Smith returns to singing live with Brooklyn concert |url=https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/ny-patti-smith-concert-20210309-c3ebnl4hwfdilk4zfmpwcqce24-story.html |access-date=August 29, 2022 |work=New York Daily News |agency=Associated Press |date=March 9, 2021 |archive-date=August 29, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220829031315/https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/ny-patti-smith-concert-20210309-c3ebnl4hwfdilk4zfmpwcqce24-story.html |url-status=live }}*{{cite web |last1=Sisley |first1=Dominique |title=Patti Smith's mysterious photos of Mexico |url=https://www.huckmag.com/art-and-culture/photography-2/patti-smiths-mysterious-photos-of-mexico/ |website=Huck Magazine |access-date=August 29, 2022 |date=January 15, 2019 |archive-date=August 29, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220829031315/https://www.huckmag.com/art-and-culture/photography-2/patti-smiths-mysterious-photos-of-mexico/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

In 2019, Smith performed "People Have the Power" with [[Stewart Copeland]] and [[Choir! Choir! Choir!]] at Onassis Festival 2019: Democracy Is Coming. Later that year, she released her latest book, ''[[Year of the Monkey (book)|Year of the Monkey]]''.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Sturges|first=Fiona|url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2019/sep/18/year-of-the-monkey-by-patti-smith-review|title=Year of the Monkey by Patti Smith review – memories of the magic and the mundane|date=September 18, 2019|work=The Guardian|access-date=April 7, 2020|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077|archive-date=March 8, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220308175106/https://www.theguardian.com/books/2019/sep/18/year-of-the-monkey-by-patti-smith-review|url-status=live}}</ref>  "A captivating, redemptive chronicle of a year in which Smith looked intently into the abyss", stated ''Kirkus Reviews''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/patti-smith/year-of-the-monkey/|title=YEAR OF THE MONKEY|website=Kirkus Reviews|language=en|date=June 25, 2019|access-date=March 14, 2020|archive-date=March 8, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220308182102/https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/patti-smith/year-of-the-monkey/|url-status=live}}</ref>

In 2024, Smith appeared as herself in ''[[Turn in the Wound]]'', a documentary by [[Abel Ferrara]] about performance, poetry, music and the experience of people at war, focusing on life in [[Kyiv]] since the beginning of the [[Russian invasion of Ukraine]]. She composed the music of the film and read poems by [[Antonin Artaud]], [[René Daumal]] and [[Arthur Rimbaud]] in her own voice.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.berlinale.de/en/2024/programme/202415631.html |title=Turn in the Wound |work=Berlinale |date=February 16, 2024 |access-date=February 6, 2024 |archive-date=February 14, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240214103409/https://www.berlinale.de/en/2024/programme/202415631.html |url-status=live }}</ref> It was premiered at the [[74th Berlin International Film Festival]] on February 16, 2024.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.filmportal.de/en/movie/turn-in-the-wound_a943caa4a89e4d34bdd806f77ccbc032|title=Turn in the Wound: Großbritannien Deutschland USA Italien 2023/2024 Dokumentarfilm|trans-title=Turn in the Wound: Great Britain Germany USA Italy 2023/2024 Documentary|website=filmportal.de|access-date=February 16, 2024|language=de|archive-date=February 16, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240216051413/https://www.filmportal.de/en/movie/turn-in-the-wound_a943caa4a89e4d34bdd806f77ccbc032|url-status=live}}</ref>

===Musical influence===
One of the first musicians to reference Smith was [[Todd Rundgren]]. In the [[liner notes]] of his 1972 album ''[[Something/Anything?]]'', Rundgren wrote that "Song of the Viking" was "written in the feverish grip of the dreaded 'd'oyle carte,' a chronic disease dating back to my youth. Dedicated to Miss Patti Lee Smith." Seven years later, Rundgren produced the final Patti Smith Group album, ''[[Wave (Patti Smith Group album)|Wave]]''.<ref>{{Cite magazine |date=2021-10-31 |title=Patti Smith Welcomes 'Peter Pan Prodigy' Todd Rundgren Into Rock Hall With Warm Tribute |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/patti-smith-todd-rundgren-rock-hall-speech-1250872/ |access-date=2024-03-21 |magazine=Rolling Stone |language=en-US}}</ref>

In 1979, [[Gilda Radner]] portrayed a character called [[Candy Slice]], based on Smith, on ''[[Saturday Night Live]]''.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Grow |first=Kory |date=February 1, 2016 |title=Flashback: See Gilda Radner Spoof Patti Smith on 'SNL' |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv-movie-news/flashback-watch-gilda-radner-hilariously-spoof-patti-smith-on-snl-32547/ |access-date=January 19, 2024 |magazine=Rolling Stone |language=en-US}}</ref>

Anglo-Celtic rock band [[The Waterboys]]' debut single, "[[A Girl Called Johnny]]", is a tribute to Smith.<ref>{{cite encyclopedia|editor-last=Larkin |editor-first=Colin |editor-link=Colin Larkin (writer) |encyclopedia=The Encyclopedia of Popular Music |title=Waterboys |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_NNmFiUnSmUC&q=a+girl+called+johnny+waterboys+patti+smith&pg=PA3818 |access-date=May 11, 2015 |year=2011 |publisher=Omnium Press|location=London|isbn=978-0-85712-595-8|page=3818}}</ref>

[[Hole (band)|Hole]]'s "[[Violet (Hole song)|Violet]]", released in 1994, features the lyrics, "And the sky was all violet / I want it again, but violent, more violent," alluding to lyrics from Smith's song "Kimberly".<ref>"Violet" includes the line, "And the sky was all violet / I want it again but violent, more violent." "Kimberly" also includes the phrase "violent, violet sky".</ref> In 2010, Hole singer [[Courtney Love]] said that she considered Smith's "[[Rock N Roll Nigger]]" the greatest rock song of all time,<ref>Love, Courtney. "Fashion Faux Paus". ''Running Russell Simmons''. November 20, 2010. Oxygen Network.</ref> and credited Smith as a major influence. Love received Smith's album ''Horses'' in juvenile hall as a teenager, and "realized that you could do something that was completely subversive that didn't involve violence [or] felonies. I stopped making trouble."<ref>{{cite episode|network=VH1|date=June 21, 2010|series=Behind the Music|title=Courtney Love}}</ref>

In 1998, [[Michael Stipe]] of [[R.E.M.]] published a collection of photos, titled ''Two Times Intro: On the Road with Patti Smith.'' Stipe sings backing vocals on Smith's "Last Call" and "Glitter in Their Eyes". Smith sang background vocals on [[R.E.M.]]'s "[[E-Bow the Letter]]" and "[[Collapse into Now|Blue]]".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/15184-collapse-into-now/|title=R.E.M. Collapse into Now [Album Review]|last=LeMay|first=Matt|date=March 9, 2011|website=Pitchfork|access-date=February 1, 2018}}</ref> A decade later, in 2008, Stipe said that Smith's album ''[[Horses (album)|Horses]]'' was one of his inspirations. "I decided then that I was going to start a band," Stipe said about the impact of listening to ''Horses''.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/artists/rem/articles/story/6539431/qa_michael_stipe|title=Q&A: Michael Stipe|access-date=February 4, 2008|author=Scaggs, Austin|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|date=October 6, 2004|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080130065053/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/rem/articles/story/6539431/qa_michael_stipe|archive-date=January 30, 2008}}</ref>

In 2000, the Australian [[alternative rock]] band [[The Go-Betweens]] dedicated the song "When She Sang About Angels" on their album ''[[The Friends of Rachel Worth]]'' to Smith.<ref>{{cite web|last=Horowitz|first=Hal|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/the-friends-of-rachel-worth-r498286/review|title=The Friends of Rachel Worth – The Go-Betweens|website=[[AllMusic]]|access-date=April 9, 2012|archive-date=November 12, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101112174148/http://allmusic.com/album/the-friends-of-rachel-worth-r498286/review|url-status=live}}</ref>

In 2004, [[Shirley Manson]] of [[Garbage (band)|Garbage]] spoke of Smith's influence on her in ''[[Rolling Stone]]''{{'}}s issue "The Immortals: 100 Greatest Artists of All Time", in which Smith was ranked 47th.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/5939214/the_immortals_the_first_fifty |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060316103016/http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/5939214/the_immortals_the_first_fifty/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=March 16, 2006 |title=The Immortals: The First Fifty |access-date=February 4, 2008 |author=Manson, Shirley |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|issue=946|date=April 15, 2004 }}</ref> [[The Smiths]] members [[Morrissey]] and [[Johnny Marr]] share an appreciation for Smith's ''Horses,'' and revealed that their song "The Hand That Rocks the Cradle" is a reworking of one of the album's tracks, "Kimberly".<ref>{{cite book |last=Goddard |first=Simon |title=The Smiths: Songs That Saved Your Life |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TpXLnQEACAAJ&q=1905287143 |edition=3rd |date=May 1, 2006 |publisher=Reynolds & Hearn |isbn=1-905287-14-3 |access-date=April 8, 2014}}</ref> In 2004, [[Sonic Youth]] released an album called ''Hidros 3 (to Patti Smith)''.<ref>{{cite web |url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=r711442|pure_url=yes}} |title=Hidros 3 (To Patti Smith) |access-date=February 4, 2008 |website=[[AllMusic]]}}</ref>

In 2005, [[U2]] cited Smith as an influence.<ref>{{cite magazine|author=Wenner, Jann |date=November 3, 2005 |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|issue=986 |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/8091949/bono |title=Bono Interview |access-date=February 15, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080130120258/http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/8091949/bono |archive-date=January 30, 2008 }}</ref> The same year, [[Scottish people|Scottish]] singer-songwriter [[KT Tunstall]] released "[[Suddenly I See]]", a single, as a tribute of sorts to Smith.<ref name="Top40.About.Com">{{cite web |last=Lamb |first=Bill |title=KT Tunstall – Suddenly I See |website=About.com. |url=http://top40.about.com/od/singles/gr/suddenlyisee.htm |access-date=March 25, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090722163349/http://top40.about.com/od/singles/gr/suddenlyisee.htm |archive-date=July 22, 2009}}</ref> Canadian actor [[Elliot Page]] frequently mentions Smith as one of his idols and has done various photo shoots replicating famous Smith photos, and Irish actress [[Maria Doyle Kennedy]] often refers to Smith as a major influence.<ref>{{cite journal|title =Ellen Page|last1=O'Brien |first1=Glen |author2=Fabian Baron, Drew Barrymore |date=March 2008|journal=[[Interview (magazine)|Interview]]|publisher=Peter Brant|issue=March 2008}}</ref>

"She was the epitome of a literate, intelligent woman taking charge and being respected by her peers," observed [[Maria McKee]] in 2005.<ref>{{cite journal|title= All Back to My Place |journal= [[Mojo (magazine)|Mojo]] |date=July 2005|issue=140|page=9}}</ref>

In 2012, [[Madonna]] named Smith as one of her biggest influences.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/entertainment/a/-/entertainment/13445956/patti-smiths-gloria-inspired-madonna/ |title=Patti Smith's Gloria inspired Madonna |publisher=Yahoo! News |date=April 17, 2012 |access-date=June 10, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120627093032/http://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/entertainment/a/-/entertainment/13445956/patti-smiths-gloria-inspired-madonna |archive-date=June 27, 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

In 2012, Smith was awarded an honorary doctorate in fine arts from [[Pratt Institute]] in [[Brooklyn]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.pratt.edu/news/view/pratts_121st_commencement_to_be_held_on_may_17_at_radio_city_music_hall_in_/ |title=Pratt Institute's 2010 Commencement Ceremony at Radio City Music Hall |website=Pratt.edu |date=April 28, 2010 |access-date=July 15, 2011 |archive-date=July 24, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110724152031/http://www.pratt.edu/news/view/pratts_121st_commencement_to_be_held_on_may_17_at_radio_city_music_hall_in_/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Following conferral of her degree, Smith delivered the commencement address<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zjXjqWTXQ2w | archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211028/zjXjqWTXQ2w| archive-date=October 28, 2021|title=Video of Smith's speech | date=May 17, 2010|via=YouTube |access-date=July 15, 2011}}{{cbignore}}</ref> and played two songs along with long-time band member [[Lenny Kaye]]. In her Pratt Institute commencement address, Smith said that when she moved to New York City in 1967, she would never have been accepted into Pratt but most of her friends, including Mapplethorpe, were students at Pratt, and she spent countless hours on the Pratt campus. She added that it was through her friends and Pratt professors that she learned many of her own artistic skills.<ref>{{cite web|last=Murg|first=Stephanie|url=http://www.mediabistro.com/unbeige/education/patti_smith_to_pratt_grads_be_happy_take_care_of_your_teeth_162167.asp|title=Patti Smith doesn't disappoint at Pratt's commencement|website=Mediabistro|date=May 20, 2010|access-date=July 15, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100721093249/http://www.mediabistro.com/unbeige/education/patti_smith_to_pratt_grads_be_happy_take_care_of_your_teeth_162167.asp|archive-date=July 21, 2010|url-status=dead}}</ref>

In 2018, the English band [[Florence and the Machine]] dedicated the ''[[High as Hope]]'' album song "Patricia" to Smith. The lyrics reference Smith as [[Florence Welch]]'s "North Star".<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/florence-and-the-machine-new-album-review-high-as-hope-2018-song-list-a8422746.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220525/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/florence-and-the-machine-new-album-review-high-as-hope-2018-song-list-a8422746.html |archive-date=May 25, 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=Florence & The Machine, High As Hope album review: Calm after chaos|newspaper=[[The Independent]]|access-date=June 29, 2018}}</ref> Canadian country musician [[Orville Peck]] cited Smith as having had a big impact on him, stating that Smith's album ''Horses'' introduced him to a new and different way to make music.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Brodsky |first1=Rachel |title=Orville Peck On The Music That Made Him, 'Pony' & The "Visual" Way He Creates |url=https://www.grammy.com/grammys/news/orville-peck-music-made-him-pony-visual-way-he-creates |website=Grammy.com |publisher=National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences, Inc. |date=January 2, 2020 |access-date=January 14, 2020 |archive-date=June 20, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200620154342/https://www.grammy.com/grammys/news/orville-peck-music-made-him-pony-visual-way-he-creates |url-status=live }}</ref>
Poetic singer songwriter Joustene Lorenz also cites Patti Smith as a 'powerful influence' on her life and music.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.abc.net.au/triplejunearthed/artist/joustene-lorenz/ | title=Joustene Lorenz &#124; triple j Unearthed | website=[[Australian Broadcasting Corporation]] | date=July 23, 2022 | access-date=January 7, 2023 | archive-date=December 21, 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221221062053/https://www.abc.net.au/triplejunearthed/artist/joustene-lorenz/ | url-status=live }}</ref>

In November 2020, Smith was set to receive the International Humanities Prize from [[Washington University in St. Louis]] in November 2020; however, the ceremony was canceled due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic in Missouri|COVID-19 pandemic]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://source.wustl.edu/2020/01/patti-smith-to-receive-washington-university-international-humanities-prize/|title=Patti Smith to receive Washington University International Humanities Prize|website=The Source {{!}} Washington University in St. Louis|date=January 27, 2020|language=en-US|access-date=January 31, 2020|archive-date=January 31, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200131040946/https://source.wustl.edu/2020/01/patti-smith-to-receive-washington-university-international-humanities-prize/|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2022, she was awarded an Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters from [[Columbia University]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://news.columbia.edu/news/columbias-2022-honorary-degree-recipients-announced|title=Columbia's 2022 Honorary Degree Recipients Announced|website=Columbia University in The City of New York|date=April 15, 2022|language=en-US|access-date=May 28, 2022|archive-date=May 21, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220521081148/https://news.columbia.edu/news/columbias-2022-honorary-degree-recipients-announced|url-status=live}}</ref> Also in 2022, Smith was named an Officer of the French [[Legion of Honor]] (''Officier de l’Ordre national de la Légion d’honneur''). The award was presented to her at the "Night of Ideas" cultural celebration in Brooklyn, by the French ambassador to the United States, [[Philippe Étienne]].<ref>[https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20220522-a-great-joy-punk-laureate-patti-smith-granted-france-s-highest-honor 'A great joy': punk laureate Patti Smith granted France's highest honor] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231104042758/https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20220522-a-great-joy-punk-laureate-patti-smith-granted-france-s-highest-honor |date=November 4, 2023 }}. ''France 24'', May 22, 2022.</ref>

In 2023, Smith was nominated for induction to the [[Songwriters Hall of Fame]].<ref name="2023swhof">{{Cite web |url=https://americansongwriter.com/bryan-adams-patti-smith-r-e-m-ann-wilson-doobie-brothers-among-2023-songwriters-hall-of-fame-nominees/ |language=en-US |title=Bryan Adams, Patti Smith, R.E.M., Ann Wilson, Doobie Brothers Among 2023 Songwriters Hall of Fame Nominees |work=[[American Songwriter]] |last=Benitez-Eves |first=Tina |date=November 14, 2022 |accessdate=November 16, 2022 |archive-date=November 16, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221116014051/https://americansongwriter.com/bryan-adams-patti-smith-r-e-m-ann-wilson-doobie-brothers-among-2023-songwriters-hall-of-fame-nominees/ |url-status=live }}</ref> and was ranked at number 117 on ''[[Rolling Stone]]''′s list of the 200 Greatest Singers of All Time.<ref>{{Cite magazine|date=January 1, 2023|title=The 200 Greatest Singers of All Time|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/best-singers-all-time-1234642307/patti-smith-19-1234642955/|access-date=May 10, 2023|magazine=Rolling Stone|language=en-US|archive-date=May 10, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230510210720/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/best-singers-all-time-1234642307/patti-smith-19-1234642955/|url-status=live}}</ref>

===Activism===
[[File:Patti Smith (7).png|right|thumb|Smith in August 2018]]
In 1993, Smith contributed "Memorial Tribute (Live)" to the AIDS-benefit album ''[[No Alternative]]''.<ref name="Sinclair 1993 s070">{{cite magazine | last=Sinclair | first=Tom | title=No Alternative | magazine=Rolling Stone | date=November 11, 1993 | url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-album-reviews/no-alternative-187472/ | access-date=February 11, 2024}}</ref><ref name="no_alternative_1993">{{AllMusic  |id=no-alternative-mw0003427986 |title=No Alternative |access-date=February 11, 2024}}</ref>

In the [[2000 United States presidential election|2000 U.S. presidential election]], Smith supported the [[Green Party (United States)|Green Party]] and backed [[Ralph Nader]].<ref name="Green Party">{{cite web |url=http://www.gp.org/greenpages/content/volume9/issue2/evergreen1.php |title=Patti Smith reaffirms that people have the power |access-date=February 8, 2008 |author=Arthur, Deyva |work=Volume 9 / Issue 2 |publisher=Green Pages |year=2005 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090325123352/http://www.gp.org/greenpages/content/volume9/issue2/evergreen1.php |archive-date=March 25, 2009 }}</ref> She led the crowd singing "[[Over the Rainbow]]" and "[[People Have the Power]]" at the campaign's rallies, and also performed at several of Nader's subsequent "[[Democracy Rising]]" events.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.gwu.edu/~action/2004/nader/naderrallies.html |title=History of Democracy Rising |access-date=November 13, 2012 |publisher=[[George Washington University]] |archive-date=September 24, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924024726/http://www.gwu.edu/~action/2004/nader/naderrallies.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Smith was a speaker and singer at the first [[protests against the Iraq War]] as U.S. President [[George W. Bush]] spoke to the [[United Nations General Assembly]].  Smith supported [[U.S. Democratic Party|Democratic]] candidate [[John Kerry]] in the [[2004 United States presidential election|2004 election]]. [[Bruce Springsteen]] continued performing her "People Have the Power" at [[Vote for Change]] campaign events. In the winter of 2004–2005, Smith toured again with Nader in a series of rallies against the [[Iraq War]] and [[Movement to impeach George W. Bush|called for the impeachment of Bush]].<ref name="Green Party"/>

In September 2006, Smith premiered two new [[protest song]]s in London.<ref name="Independent">{{cite news |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/patti-smith-rails-against-israel-and-us-415231.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080620210137/http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/patti-smith-rails-against-israel-and-us-415231.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=June 20, 2008 |title=Patti Smith Rails Against Israel and US |access-date=February 8, 2008 |author=Jury, Louise |newspaper=[[The Independent]]|publisher=Independent Print Limited |date=September 9, 2006 | location=London}}</ref> Louise Jury, writing in ''[[The Independent]]'', characterized them as "an emotional indictment of [[American foreign policy|American]] and [[Israeli foreign policy]]". The song "Qana"<ref>[http://www.pattismith.net/audio/qana_band.mp3 "Qana" mp3] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080627134616/http://www.pattismith.net/audio/qana_band.mp3 |date=June 27, 2008 }} at PattiSmith.net</ref> was about the [[2006 Qana airstrike|Israeli airstrike]] on the Lebanese village of [[Qana]]. "Without Chains"<ref>[http://pattismith.net/audio/Without_Chains.mp3 "Without Chains" mp3] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080627134616/http://pattismith.net/audio/Without_Chains.mp3 |date=June 27, 2008 }} at PattiSmith.net</ref> is about [[Murat Kurnaz]], a [[Turkish people in Germany|Turkish]] citizen who was born and raised in Germany, held at [[Guantanamo Bay detainment camp]] for four years. Jury's article quotes Smith as saying:

{{blockquote|I wrote both these songs directly in response to events that I felt outraged about. These are injustices against children and the young men and women who are being incarcerated. I'm an American, I pay taxes in my name and they are giving millions and millions of dollars to a country such as Israel and [[cluster bomb]]s and defense technology and those bombs were dropped on common citizens in Qana. It's terrible. It's a human rights violation.}}

In a 2009 interview, Smith stated that Kurnaz's family had contacted her and that she wrote a short preface for the book that he was writing,<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Tayla |first1=Alican |author2=Çiğdem Öztürk, Yücel Göktürk |title=Bir Kamu Çalışanı Olarak |journal=Roll |issue=123 |page=28 |location=Istanbul, Turkey |date=November 2007 |issn=1307-4628}}</ref> which was released in March 2008.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://us.macmillan.com/fiveyearsofmylife |title=Macmillan: Five Years of My Life: An Innocent Man in Guantanamo Murat Kurnaz: Books |website=Us.macmillan.com |date=December 4, 2009 |access-date=July 15, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110806061421/http://us.macmillan.com/fiveyearsofmylife |archive-date=August 6, 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

In March 2003, ten days after the murder of [[Rachel Corrie]], Smith appeared in [[Austin, Texas]] and performed an anti-war concert, and subsequently wrote "Peaceable Kingdom", a song  inspired by and dedicated to Corrie.<ref>{{cite news |first=Louise |last=Jury |title=Jewish Pressure Drives Gaza Play Out of New York |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/theatre-dance/news/jewish-pressure-drives-gaza-play-out-of-new-york-471377.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090721023434/http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/theatre-dance/news/jewish-pressure-drives-gaza-play-out-of-new-york-471377.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=July 21, 2009 |newspaper=[[The Independent]]|publisher=Independent Print Limited |location=London |date=March 25, 2006 |access-date=February 26, 2009}}</ref> In 2009, in her Meltdown concert in Festival Hall, she paid homage to the Iranians taking part in [[2009 Iranian election protests|post-election protests]] by saying "Where is My Vote?" in a version of the song "People Have the Power".<ref>{{cite web |url=https://exileonmoanstreet.blogspot.com/2009/06/patti-smith-people-have-power.html |date=June 18, 2009 |title=Patti Smith&nbsp;– People Have The Power |access-date=July 14, 2009 |archive-date=February 24, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210224064632/http://exileonmoanstreet.blogspot.com/2009/06/patti-smith-people-have-power.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

In 2015, Smith appeared with Nader, spoke and performed the songs "Wing" and "People Have the Power" during the [[American Museum of Tort Law]] convocation ceremony in [[Winsted, Connecticut]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://btlonline.org/2015/spec/tortlawmuseum.html|title=Ralph Nader And Patti Smith at the American Museum of Tort Law Convocation|work=Between the Lines|date=September 26, 2015|access-date=October 19, 2015|archive-date=October 15, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151015003004/http://btlonline.org/2015/spec/tortlawmuseum.html|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2016, Smith spoke, read poetry, and performed several songs along with her daughter Jesse at Nader's ''Breaking Through Power'' conference at [[DAR Constitution Hall]] in [[Washington, D.C.]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.breakingthroughpower.org/|title=Breaking Through Power|access-date=May 28, 2016|archive-date=September 11, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240911133404/https://www.breakingthroughpower.org/|url-status=live}}</ref>

A long-time supporter of [[Tibet House US]], Smith performs annually at their benefit at [[Carnegie Hall]].<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Hermes |first1=Will |title=2019 Tibet House Benefit: Primal Screams, Feedback and a Bowie Cover |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-live-reviews/tibet-house-benefit-carnegie-hall-review-patti-smith-laurie-anderson-jason-isbell-791858/ |access-date=April 1, 2019 |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |date=February 8, 2019 |archive-date=May 8, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190508034002/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-live-reviews/tibet-house-benefit-carnegie-hall-review-patti-smith-laurie-anderson-jason-isbell-791858/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Kaplan |first1=Ilana |title=Philip Glass' 80th Birthday at Tibet House Benefit Concert Was a Message to the American People |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/7728619/philip-glass-80th-birthday-tibet-house-benefit-concert |access-date=April 1, 2019 |magazine=Billboard |date=March 17, 2017 |archive-date=September 24, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190924022454/https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/7728619/philip-glass-80th-birthday-tibet-house-benefit-concert |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |title=Bowie, Moby, Matthews Spark Tibet House Benefit |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/80520/bowie-moby-matthews-spark-tibet-house-benefit |access-date=September 24, 2019 |magazine=Billboard |date=February 27, 2001 |archive-date=September 24, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190924141146/https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/80520/bowie-moby-matthews-spark-tibet-house-benefit |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Walters |first1=John |title=Philip Glass Menagerie: The Composer on 26 Years of the Tibet House Benefit Concert |url=https://www.newsweek.com/annual-tibet-house-concert-features-eclectic-lineup-428239 |access-date=April 1, 2019 |work=Newsweek |date=February 18, 2016 |archive-date=October 3, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181003014112/https://www.newsweek.com/annual-tibet-house-concert-features-eclectic-lineup-428239 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Sisario |first1=Ben |title=Concert Still Shines a Light on Tibetan Culture |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/25/arts/music/25benefit.html |access-date=April 1, 2019 |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |date=February 24, 2010 |archive-date=September 24, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190924020950/https://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/25/arts/music/25benefit.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

In 2020, Smith contributed signed first-edition copies of her books to the Passages bookshop in [[Portland, Oregon]] after the store's valuable first-edition and other books by various authors were stolen in a burglary.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2020/feb/05/patti-smith-burgled-oregon-bookshop-first-editions-poet-singer-thefts-portland|title=Patti Smith pitches in to help burgled Oregon bookshop|last=Flood|first=Alison|date=February 5, 2020|work=The Guardian|access-date=February 5, 2020|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077}}</ref> Smith regards [[climate change]] as the predominant issue of our time, and performed at the opening of [[COP26]] in 2021.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2021/oct/29/patti-smith-interview-cop26-we-have-to-fight-for-what-is-right|title='We have to fight for what is right': Patti Smith on gender, Sally Rooney and Cop26|date=October 29, 2021|newspaper=The Guardian}}</ref>

In May 2021,  Patti Smith,  signed an open letter calling for a [[Boycotts of Israel|boycott]] of performances in [[Israel]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Rage Against the Machine, Roger Waters, Serj Tankian, among many to boycott Israel |url=https://www.tbsnews.net/glitz/rage-against-machine-roger-waters-serj-tankian-among-many-boycott-israel-254626 |work=The Business Standard |date=June 2, 2021 |archive-date=January 7, 2024 |access-date=January 7, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240107143957/https://www.tbsnews.net/glitz/rage-against-machine-roger-waters-serj-tankian-among-many-boycott-israel-254626 |url-status=live }}</ref>In  a performance at the [[Capitol Theatre (Port Chester, New York)]], she said: <ref>{{cite web |title=WFUV Presents Patti Smith and her Band |url=https://www.thecapitoltheatre.com/events/detail/patti-smith-and-her-band-g5vvzpuhkbkkw |website=The Capitol Theatre |access-date=March 18, 2023 |archive-date=March 18, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230318221151/https://www.thecapitoltheatre.com/events/detail/patti-smith-and-her-band-g5vvzpuhkbkkw |url-status=live }}</ref> "I would be lying if I said I wasn't affected by what is happening in the world" referencing the [[2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine|Russian invasion of Ukraine]] earlier that day.<ref>{{Cite web |date=March 4, 2022 |title=Patti Smith Comforts New York, Plays First-Ever Show at Capitol Theatre |url=https://americansongwriter.com/patti-smith-comforts-new-york-plays-first-ever-show-at-capitol-theatre/ |access-date=March 7, 2022 |website=American Songwriter |language=en-US |archive-date=March 7, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220307114537/https://americansongwriter.com/patti-smith-comforts-new-york-plays-first-ever-show-at-capitol-theatre/ |url-status=live }}</ref> "This is what I heard in my sleep and goes through my head all day all night long like a tragic hit song. A raw translation of the [[Ukrainian anthem]] that the people are singing through defiant tears", she wrote on [[Instagram]] on March 6, 2022.<ref>{{Cite instagram|user=thisispattiesmith |title=This is what I heard in my sleep...|postid=CaueiNmOhQ|access-date=January 29, 2023 |date=March 5, 2022}}</ref>

==Beliefs==
=== Religion ===
Smith was raised a [[Jehovah's Witness]] and had a strong religious upbringing and a [[Bible|Biblical]] education. She says she left [[organized religion]] as a teenager because she found it too confining. This experience inspired her lyrics, "Jesus died for somebody's sins, but not mine", which appear on her cover version of "[[Gloria (Them song)|Gloria]]" by [[Them (band)|Them]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://spinner.aol.com/rockhall/patti-smith-2007-inductee/interview |title=Exclusive Interview with Patti Smith|author=Robertson, Jessica |year=2007|work=[[Spinner (website)|Spinner]]|publisher=[[AOL]]|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20070516062624/http://spinner.aol.com/rockhall/patti-smith-2007-inductee/interview|archive-date=May 16, 2007 |url-status= dead |access-date= February 4, 2008}}</ref> She has described having an avid interest in [[Tibetan Buddhism]] around the age of 11 or 12, saying "I fell in love with [[Tibet]] because their essential mission was to keep a continual stream of prayer," but that as an adult she sees clear parallels between different forms of religion and has concluded that [[Dogma|religious dogmas]] are "…man-made laws that you can either decide to abide by or not."<ref name= "Moore" /> She also regarded herself as a [[Buddhist]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Death and the Rebirth of Patti Smith |url=https://www.lionsroar.com/death-and-the-rebirth-of-patti-smith/ |access-date=2025-06-26 |website=[[Lion's Roar (magazine)|Lion’s Roar]] |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=music |first=Guardian |date=2015-06-28 |title=Patti Smith joined on stage by Dalai Lama at Glastonbury |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/jun/28/patti-smith-dalai-lama-glastonbury-2015-pyramid-stage |access-date=2025-06-26 |work=[[The Guardian]] |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}</ref>

In 2014, she was invited  by [[Pope Francis]] to play at Vatican Christmas concert.<ref>[https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/pope-francis-invites-patti-smith-play-vatican-christmas-concert-9860643.html "Pope Francis invites Patti Smith to play at Vatican Christmas concert"], Denham, Jess, ''The Independent'', November 14, 2014. Retrieved July 24, 2021.</ref> "It's a Christmas concert for the people, and it's being televised. I like Pope Francis and I'm happy to sing for him. Anyone who would confine me to a line from 20 years ago is a fool! I had a strong religious upbringing, and the first word on my first LP is Jesus. I did a lot of thinking. I'm not against Jesus, but I was 20 and I wanted to make my own mistakes and I didn't want anyone dying for me. I stand behind that 20-year-old girl, but I have evolved. I'll sing to my enemy! I don't like being pinned down and I'll do what the fuck I want, especially at my age...oh, I hope there's no small children here!" she said.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/musicblog/2014/nov/18/patti-smith-christmas-concert-vatican |title=Patti Smith on singing at the Vatican: 'Anyone who would confine me to an old line is a fool' |last= Goldman|first= Vivien|author-link=Vivien Goldman|newspaper=The Guardian |date= November 18, 2014|access-date= July 24, 2021}}</ref>

In 2021, she performed at the Vatican again, telling ''[[Democracy Now!]]'' that she studied [[Francis of Assisi]] when [[Pope Benedict XVI]] was still the pope. Smith called Francis of Assisi "truly the environmentalist saint" and said that despite not being a Catholic, she had hoped for a pope named Francis.<ref>[https://www.democracynow.org/2015/10/8/people_have_the_power_patti_smith "'People Have the Power': Patti Smith on Pope Francis and Her Performances at the Vatican"], ''Democracy Now!'', October 8, 2015. Retrieved July 24, 2021.</ref>

===Feminism===
According to biographer Nick Johnstone, Smith has often been "revered" as a "feminist icon",<ref>{{cite book|title=Patti Smith: A Biography|last=Johnstone|first=Nick|chapter=Introduction|publisher=Omnibus Press|year=2012|isbn=978-0857127785}}</ref> including by ''[[The Guardian]]'' journalist [[Simon Hattenstone]] in a 2013 profile on the musician.<ref>{{cite news|last=Hattenstone|first=Simon|date=May 25, 2013|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/may/25/patti-smith-interview-punk-poet|title=Patti Smith: punk poet queen|newspaper=The Guardian|access-date=March 23, 2020}}</ref>

In 2014, Smith offered her opinion on the sexualization of [[women in music]]. "[[Pop music]] has always been about the mainstream and what appeals to the public. I don't feel it's my place to judge." Smith has declined to embrace [[feminism]], saying: "I have a son and a daughter, people always talk to me about feminism and [[women's rights]], but I have a son too—I believe in [[human rights]]."<ref>{{cite news|first=Ella |last=Alexander|title=Patti Smith, self-confessed Rihanna fan, on the sexualisation of women in music: 'No one should allow themselves to be exploited'|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/patti-smith-self-confessed-rihanna-fan-on-the-sexualisation-of-women-in-music-no-one-should-allow-9233468.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220525/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/patti-smith-self-confessed-rihanna-fan-on-the-sexualisation-of-women-in-music-no-one-should-allow-9233468.html |archive-date=May 25, 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|newspaper=[[The Independent]]|access-date=June 1, 2017|date=April 2, 2014}}</ref>

In 2015, writer Anwen Crawford observed that Smith's "attitude to genius seems pre-feminist, if not [[anti-feminist]]; there is no democratizing, deconstructing impulse in her work. True artists, for Smith, are remote, solitary figures of excellence, wholly dedicated to their art."<ref>{{cite magazine|first1=Anwen|last1=Crawford|title=The Theology of Patti Smith|url=https://www.newyorker.com/culture/cultural-comment/the-theology-of-patti-smith|magazine=The New Yorker|access-date=June 1, 2017|date=October 6, 2015|archive-date=April 25, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170425215543/http://www.newyorker.com/culture/cultural-comment/the-theology-of-patti-smith|url-status=live}}</ref>

=== Politics ===
Smith supported [[Ralph Nader]]'s campaigns for the presidency in 2000, 2004, and 2008.

On the front cover of Nader's 2025 book, ''Civic Self-Respect'', she is quoted: "With the deepest concern for the fate of our country and future generations, Ralph Nader presents an indispensable guide to understanding our rights, our responsibilities and the rules of law. 

==Awards and recognition==
In July 2005, Smith was named a Commander of the [[Ordre des Arts et des Lettres]] by the [[Minister of Culture (France)|French Minister of Culture]].<ref name="Ordre"/> In addition to Smith's influence on [[rock music]], the Minister noted Smith's appreciation of [[Arthur Rimbaud]]. In August 2005, Smith gave a literary lecture about the poems of Rimbaud and [[William Blake]].

On March 12, 2007, Smith was inducted into the [[Rock and Roll Hall of Fame]].<ref name="R&R hall" /> She dedicated her award to the memory of her late husband, Fred, and performed a cover of [[The Rolling Stones]]' "[[Gimme Shelter]]". As the closing number of the [[Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony]], Smith's "People Have the Power" was used for the big celebrity jam that traditionally ends the program.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://spinner.aol.com/rockhall/2007-induction-ceremony |title=Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 2007 Induction |access-date=February 4, 2008 |publisher=Spinner |year=2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071101114636/http://spinner.aol.com/rockhall/2007-induction-ceremony |archive-date=November 1, 2007 }}</ref>

In 2008, ''[[Patti Smith: Dream of Life]]'', a documentary about Smith by [[Steven Sebring]], was released.<ref>[https://www.variety.com/index.asp?layout=festivals&jump=review&id=2478&reviewid=VE1117935992&cs=1 Patti Smith: Dream of Life] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101223131034/http://www.variety.com/index.asp?layout=festivals&jump=review&id=2478&reviewid=VE1117935992&cs=1 |date=December 23, 2010 }}, ''Variety'', January 29, 2008. Retrieved May 23, 2008.</ref> Also in 2008, [[Rowan University]] awarded Smith with an honorary doctorate degree for her contributions to popular culture.

In 2011, Smith was one of several [[Polar Music Prize]] winners.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.polarmusicprize.org/home/patti-smith/|title=Patti Smith|publisher=Polar Music Prize|access-date=September 6, 2017|archive-date=January 3, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140103234200/http://www.polarmusicprize.org/home/patti-smith/|url-status=dead}}</ref> She made her television acting debut at age 64 on the TV series ''[[Law & Order: Criminal Intent]]'', appearing in an episode titled "Icarus".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tvguide.com/News/Patti-Smith-Law-Order-1034304.aspx|title=Exclusive First Look: Punk Rocker Patti Smith Makes Her Acting Debut on Law & Order: CI|last=Stanhope|first=Kate|date=June 16, 2011|work=[[TV Guide]]|access-date=June 21, 2011|archive-date=June 20, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110620005900/http://www.tvguide.com/News/Patti-Smith-Law-Order-1034304.aspx?|url-status=live}}</ref>

In 2024, Smith, along with Yoko Ono and Sandra Bloodworth, was awarded  the Jaqueline Kennedy Onassis Medal  awarded annually to individuals who, through vision, leadership, and philanthropy, have made a lasting contribution to New York City.<ref>{{cite web |title=MAS NYC 2024 2024 Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis Medal Celebration |url=https://www.mas.org/events/jko-celebration-2024/ |website=MAS NYC |access-date=20 November 2024 |archive-date=September 9, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240909210022/https://www.mas.org/events/jko-celebration-2024/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

==Personal life==

[[File:Patti Smith.jpg|thumb|Smith performing at [[Cornell University]] in 1978]]
[[File:Patti Smith in Rosengrten 1978.jpg|thumb|Smith performing in [[West Germany]] in 1978]]
In 1967, 20-year-old Smith left Glassboro State College (now [[Rowan University]]) and moved to [[Manhattan]], where she began working at Scribner's bookstore with friend and poet [[Janet Hamill]]. On April 26, 1967, at age 20, Smith gave birth to her first child, a daughter, and placed her for adoption.<ref name= "autogenerated20" />

While working at the bookstore she met photographer [[Robert Mapplethorpe]], with whom she began an intense romantic relationship as they struggled with poverty and Mapplethorpe's sexuality. Smith used Mapplethorpe's photographs as covers for her albums and wrote essays for several of his books, including his posthumous ''Flowers,'' at his request.<ref>{{cite AV media |title=[[Just Kids]] |last=Smith |first=Patti |publisher= |year=}}</ref> The two remained friends until Mapplethorpe's death in 1989.<ref>{{cite interview |last=Smith |first=Patti |title=A conversation with singer Patti Smith |type=Interview: Video |url=http://www.charlierose.com/view/interview/5297 |access-date=January 12, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110121123432/http://www.charlierose.com/view/interview/5297 |archive-date=January 21, 2011 |url-status=dead |work=[[Charlie Rose (talk show)|Charlie Rose]] |publisher=[[WNET]] |location=New York |date=October 17, 1997}}</ref>

Smith considers Mapplethorpe to be among the most influential and important people in her life. She calls him "the artist of my life" in her book ''[[Just Kids]],'' which tells the story of their relationship. Her book and album ''[[The Coral Sea (book)|The Coral Sea]]'' is an homage to Mapplethorpe.

[[File:Patti Smith daughter Jesse Smith 2011 Shankbone.JPG|thumb|Smith (left) and her daughter Jesse Smith at the [[Time 100|''Time'' 100]] gala in 2011]]

In 1979, at approximately age 32, Smith separated from her long-time partner [[Allen Lanier]] and met [[Fred "Sonic" Smith]], the former guitar player for [[Michigan]]-based rock band [[MC5]] and [[Sonic's Rendezvous Band]]. Like Patti, Fred adored poetry.  "Dancing Barefoot", which was inspired by [[Jeanne Hébuterne]] and her tragic love for [[Amedeo Modigliani]], and "Frederick" were both dedicated to him.<ref>{{cite web|url={{AllMusic|class=song|id=t830026|pure_url=yes}}|title=Dancing Barefoot|access-date=February 7, 2008 |author=Deming, Mark|website=[[AllMusic]]}}</ref> A running joke at the time was that she married Fred only because she would not have to change her name.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://babellist.xnet2.com/9903/msg00195.html|title=Babel-list|access-date=February 7, 2008|year=1999|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090409041747/http://babellist.xnet2.com/9903/msg00195.html|archive-date=April 9, 2009}}</ref> They had a son, Jackson (b. 1982), who went on to marry [[Meg White]], drummer for [[The White Stripes]], from 2009 to 2013,<ref>{{cite news|title=Meg White and Jackson Smith wed in Nashville|url=http://seattletimes.com/html/entertainment/2009264040_apusmusicmegwhite.html|newspaper=[[The Seattle Times]]|date=May 26, 2009|access-date=October 19, 2012|archive-date=October 20, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141020010717/http://seattletimes.com/html/entertainment/2009264040_apusmusicmegwhite.html|url-status=live}}</ref> and a daughter, [[Jesse Paris Smith|Jesse Paris]] (b. 1987), who is a musician and composer.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/jesse-paris-smith-mn0002835668/biography|title=Jesse Paris Smith &#124; Biography & History|website=[[AllMusic]]|access-date=September 5, 2020|archive-date=August 6, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200806033226/https://www.allmusic.com/artist/jesse-paris-smith-mn0002835668/biography|url-status=live}}</ref>

Fred Smith died of a heart attack on November 4, 1994. Shortly afterward, Patti faced the sudden death of her brother Todd.<ref name="Arista bio"/>

==Awards and nominations ==
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|-
! scope="col" | Award
! scope="col" | Year
! scope="col" | Nominee(s)
! scope="col" | Category
! scope="col" | Result
! scope="col" class="unsortable"| {{Abbr|Ref.|References}}
|-
! scope="row"|[[ASCAP Pop Music Awards]]
| 1995
| "[[Because the Night]]"
| Most Performed Song
| {{won}}
| <ref>{{cite book |title=Billboard |date=May 27, 1995 |publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc. |page=8 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1AsEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA8 |language=en}}</ref>
|-
!scope="row" rowspan=4|[[Grammy Awards]]
| 1998
| "[[1959 (Patti Smith song)|1959]]"
| rowspan=2|[[Grammy Award for Best Female Rock Vocal Performance|Best Female Rock Vocal Performance]]
| {{nom}}
| rowspan=4|<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.grammy.com/grammys/artists/patti-smith/14217 |title=Patti Smith |website=grammy.com |date=November 23, 2020 |access-date=August 28, 2021 |archive-date=August 10, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210810135227/https://www.grammy.com/grammys/artists/patti-smith/14217 |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
| 2001
| "[[Glitter in Their Eyes]]"
| {{nom}}
|-
| 2016
| ''Blood On Snow (Jo Nesbø)''
| rowspan=2|[[Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album|Best Spoken Word Album]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| 2017
| ''[[M Train (book)|M Train]]''
| {{nom}}
|-
!scope="row"|[[Grammy Hall of Fame]]
| 2021
| ''[[Horses (album)|Horses]]''
| Hall of Fame
| {{won}}
| <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.grammy.org/recording-academy/awards/hall-of-fame |title=Grammy Hall of Fame |website=grammy.org |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150626200735/https://www.grammy.org/recording-academy/awards/hall-of-fame |archive-date=June 26, 2015}}</ref>
{{end}}

== Band members ==
===Current===
*Patti Smith – vocals, guitar, clarinet (1974–1979, 1988, 1996–present)
*[[Lenny Kaye]] – guitar, bass, vocals, keyboards (1974–1979, 1996–present)
*Jackson Smith – guitar (2016–present)
*Tony Shanahan – bass, keyboards, vocals (1996–present)
*[[Jay Dee Daugherty]] – drums, keyboards, harmonica, accordion (1975–1979, 1988, 1996–present)

===Former===
*[[Richard Sohl]] – keyboards (1974–1977, 1979, 1988; died 1990)
*[[Ivan Král]] – bass guitar, guitar, vocals, keyboards (1975–1979; died 2020)
*Bruce Brody – keyboards (1977–1978)
*[[Fred "Sonic" Smith]] – guitar (1988; died 1994)
*[[Kasim Sulton]] – bass guitar (1988)
*Oliver Ray – guitar (1996–2005)
*Jack Petruzzelli – guitar (2006–2016)

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== Discography ==
{{Main|Patti Smith discography}}

=== As a solo artist ===
* ''[[Horses (album)|Horses]]'' (1975)
* ''[[Dream of Life]]'' (1988)
* ''[[Gone Again]]'' (1996)
* ''[[Peace and Noise]]'' (1997)
* ''[[Gung Ho (album)|Gung Ho]]'' (2000)
* ''[[Trampin']]'' (2004)
* ''[[Twelve (Patti Smith album)|Twelve]]'' (2007)
* ''[[Banga (album)|Banga]]'' (2012)

=== As Patti Smith Group ===
* ''[[Radio Ethiopia]]'' (1976)
* ''[[Easter (Patti Smith Group album)|Easter]]'' (1978)
* ''[[Wave (Patti Smith Group album)|Wave]]'' (1979){{efn|Wave was credited to both Patti Smith and Patti Smith Group on some releases.}}

{{Notelist}}

== Bibliography ==
{{Incomplete list |date=August 2024}}{{Bots|deny=Citation bot}}

=== Books ===
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* ''[[Cowboy Mouth (play)|Cowboy Mouth]]'' (1971) play co-written with Sam Shepard
* ''[[Seventh Heaven (poetry collection)|Seventh Heaven]]'' (1972)
* ''[[Early Morning Dream]]'' (1972)
* ''[[A Useless Death]]'' (1972)
* ''[[Witt (book)|Witt]]'' (1973)
* ''The Night'' (1976) poems with Tom Verlaine 
* ''[[Ha! Ha! Houdini!]]'' (1977)
* ''[[Babel (book)|Babel]]'' (1978)
* ''Canzoni'' (1979)
* ''Poesie rock [Witt, The Night, Ha! Ha! Houdini]'' (1980) 
* ''[[Woolgathering (book)|Woolgathering]]'' (1992)
* ''[[Early Work]]'' (1994)
* ''[[The Coral Sea (book)|The Coral Sea]]'' (1996)
* ''[[Patti Smith Complete]]'' (1998)
* ''Possession Obsession: Andy Warhol And Collecting'' (2002)
* ''[[Strange Messenger]]'' (2003)
* ''[[Auguries of Innocence (poems)|Auguries of Innocence]]'' (2005)
* ''Poems (Vintage Classics)'' by William Blake. <br />Edited by and with introduction by Patti Smith (2007)
* ''Land 250'' (2008)
* ''Trois'' (2008)
* ''Great Lyricists''; foreword by Rick Moody (2008)
* ''[[Just Kids]]'' (2010)
* ''Camera Solo'' (2011)
* ''Work Songs'' (2011)
* ''Hecatomb'' (2014); with 20 drawings by Jose Antonio Suarez Londono
* ''Patti Smith Collected Lyrics, 1970-2015'' (2015)
* ''Come on Get Higher'' (2015)
* ''[[M Train (book)|M Train]]'' (2015)<ref group=lower-alpha name=MTrain>Ulin, David L. "[https://www.latimes.com/books/la-ca-jc-patti-smith-20151004-story.html Review: Patti Smith's ''M Train'' reckons with life, while ''Collected Lyrics'' shows her living energy as words]; {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200420125022/https://www.latimes.com/books/la-ca-jc-patti-smith-20151004-story.html |date=April 20, 2020 }}", ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'', October 1, 2015. Retrieved October 7, 2015.</ref>
* ''[[Devotion (Patti Smith book)|Devotion]]'' (2017)<ref group=lower-alpha>{{Cite book |title=Devotion |url=https://yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300218626/devotion |series=Why I Write |location=New Haven, Conn. |publisher=Yale University Press |year=2017 |isbn=9780300218626 |oclc=989978146 |archive-date=September 1, 2017 |access-date=September 8, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170901040054/http://yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300218626/devotion |url-status=live }} {{Google Books |id=Xym7AQAACAAJ |title=Devotion}}</ref>
* ''Tańczę boso'' (2017)
* ''The New Jerusalem'' (2018)
* ''[[Just Kids]]'' (Illustrated edition) (2018)
* ''At the Minetta Lane'' (2018)
* ''[[Year of the Monkey (book)|Year of the Monkey]]'' (2019)
* ''A Book of Days'' (2022)<ref group=lower-alpha>{{cite web|first1=Caryn|last1=Rose|access-date=March 1, 2023|title=Patti Smith's Worldview Finds a New Format in the Beautiful A Book of Days|url=https://www.vulture.com/article/patti-smith-a-book-of-days-photography-instagram.html|date=December 2, 2022|website=Vulture|archive-date=March 1, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230301063541/https://www.vulture.com/article/patti-smith-a-book-of-days-photography-instagram.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref group=lower-alpha>{{cite web|access-date=March 1, 2023|title=Patti Smith's 'A Book of Days': More Than Instagram Posts|url=https://www.popmatters.com/patti-smith-book-days-2022|date=October 27, 2022|archive-date=March 1, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230301063539/https://www.popmatters.com/patti-smith-book-days-2022|url-status=live}}</ref>
* Patti Smith Group, Live in Zurich, October 1976 (2025)
*''[[Bread of Angels: A Memoir]]''

===Essays and reporting===
* {{cite journal |author=Smith, Patti |date=February 13–20, 2023 |title=Tom Verlaine |department=The Talk of the Town. Postscript |journal=The New Yorker |volume=99 |issue=1 |pages=17 |url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2023/02/13/he-was-tom-verlaine <!--|access-date=2024-08-28-->}}<ref group=lower-alpha>Online version is titled "He was Tom Verlaine".</ref>

== Bibliography notes ==
{{Reflist|40em|group=lower-alpha}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==Further reading==
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* {{cite book |last1=Bockris |first1=Victor |author-link=Victor Bockris |author2=Roberta Bayley |others=translated by Jesús Llorente Sanjuán |title=Patti Smith: An Unauthorized Biography |url=https://archive.org/details/pattismithunauth00bock |url-access=registration |date=September 14, 1999 |publisher=[[Simon & Schuster]] |location=New York |isbn=978-0-684-82363-8}}
* {{cite book |last=Johnstone |first=Nick |others=illustrated by Nick Johnstone |title=Patti Smith: A Biography |date=September 1997 |publisher=[[Omnibus Press]] |location=London |isbn=978-0-7119-6193-7}}
* {{cite book |last1=McNeil |first1=Legs |author-link=Legs McNeil |author2=Gillian McCain |title=Please Kill Me: The Uncensored Oral History of Punk |url=https://archive.org/details/pleasekillmeunce00mcne |url-access=registration |date=May 9, 2006 |publisher=[[Grove Press]] |isbn=978-0-8021-4264-1}}
* {{cite book |last=Shaw |first=Philip |title=Horses |year=2008 |publisher=[[33⅓|Continuum]] |isbn=978-0-8264-2792-2}}
* {{cite book |last=Stefanko |first=Frank |author-link=Frank Stefanko |title=Patti Smith: American Artist |date=October 24, 2006 |publisher=Insight Editions |location=San Rafael |isbn=978-1-933784-06-9}}
* {{cite book |last=Stipe |first=Michael |author-link=Michael Stipe |title=Two Times Intro: On the Road With Patti Smith |year=1998 |publisher=Little Brown & Co |isbn=978-0-316-81572-7}}
* {{cite book |last=Tarr |first=Joe |title=The Words and Music of Patti Smith |date=May 30, 2008 |publisher=Praeger Publishers |isbn=978-0-275-99411-2}}
* {{cite book |last1=Thompson |first1=Dave |author-link1=Dave Thompson (author)|title=Dancing Barefoot: The Patti Smith Story |url=https://archive.org/details/dancingbarefootp00thom |url-access=registration |date=2011 |publisher=[[Chicago Review Press]] |isbn=978-1-569-76325-4}}
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* [http://channel.louisiana.dk/video/patti-smith-i-will-always-live-peter-pan I Will Always Live Like Peter Pan.] 70 min interview from the [[Louisiana Literature festival]] 2012. Video by [[Louisiana Channel]].
* [http://channel.louisiana.dk/video/patti-smith-advice-young Patti Smith: Advice to the young.] Filmed at [[Louisiana Literature festival]] 2012. Video interview by [[Louisiana Channel]].
* [http://channel.louisiana.dk/video/patti-smith-first-encounters-robert-mapplethorpe Patti Smith: First encounters with Robert Mapplethorpe.] Filmed at [[Louisiana Literature festival]] 2012. Video interview by [[Louisiana Channel]].

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[[Category:Singers from New York City]]
[[Category:The Minus 5 members]]
[[Category:Writers from Gloucester County, New Jersey]]