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“ I H AV E
A LWAYS
ELICITED
STRONG
REACTIONS”
Foralmost 50 years,PATTISMITHhasbeenona sacredquest
toempowerrock’n’rollbyspiritualandrevolutionarymeans- whicha newmemoir,YearOfTheMonkey, underscores
withtremendousclarityandpathos.Inunpublished
materialfrominterviewswithJaanUhelszki,Smithrelives
thehighsandlowsofhercareer,fromHorsesonwards.“My
relationship to rock’n’rollis likemilitary duty,” she says
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