Patti Smith // "I know from my own experience that people always thought I was standoffish or not a team player. But it’s just that you have a trajectory. You know what you’re trying to do and you have to shed all of those things that people want you to drag around...that scrutiny is hurtful...the constant bullshit... But in the end, all of that is peripheral. What will remain 20, 30 years from now...all those people and their snarky comments and their projections will be forgotten...but if your work continues to grow and you do great work, that’s what will be remembered. It’s all about work in the end."