I love a lot of the New York bands but Patti Smith stands out. I just read 'Just Kids' and it's an inspirational well-written account of an emerging New York artist in the late seventies.
Even from a listening end now I'm still completely a fan of music.
Lee's great gifts are teaching and inspirational guidance not administration...
Gradually I came to realize that people will more readily swallow lies than truth as if the taste of lies was homey appetizing: a habit.