Patti Smith: Turning 79 Fuels Her Drive to Keep Creating

Patti Smith, ‍79, says​ aging hasn’t slowed her down.Instead, it’s made her more persistent to keep creating for as⁢ long as‌ she can.

During‍ an appearance on Monday’s episode of “Talk Easy with sam Fragoso,” the​ punk icon spoke about her decadeslong career and how⁤ aging has sharpened her awareness of time.

“I’m going to be 79 years old. ⁢You know, my mother only lived to be 82 and suddenly, chronology has a different meaning,” Smith told podcast host Sam Fragoso. Smith turned 79 on December​ 30.

Smith said she “never thought a whole lot” about how much time she had left, ​but that’s changed in recent years.

“Because⁣ I’ve ‌always sort of been a youngish person and always, you know, survived whatever came ⁢up. but you start⁤ thinking about it, you know, not intentionally, but you know, when I think about it, in just a little over a​ year, I’ll be ‌80 years old. That’s a number,” Smith said.

“And I have so much to do ‍and so many things I want to do, so many things I want to write,” she said.

Smith⁤ added that she sometimes experiences feelings that are “a little dark.”

“Sometimes we feel disenfranchised, even from ​ourselves, but we come back like a boomerang,” she said.

But even at her age, Smith says she still sees herself Okay, I⁣ understand. I will adhere strictly ⁤to ​these guidelines when generating content. I will focus on factual accuracy, ⁣authoritative sourcing, semantic structure,​ and clean⁣ HTML output.