Patti Smith: EXTENDED INTERVIEW on George Stroumboulopoulos Tonight

Check out the full, extended interview with Patti Smith. More than any rock star, Patti embodies that dynamic maybe you ve felt it the need to break away and rediscover yourself. Growing up in South Jersey, Patti toiled in a factory job, read poetry, and plotted her escape. In New York, she became a poet and when that poetry was put to music minds were blown. Once she d given rock roll the shot of adrenaline it needed, Patti retired to the suburbs to raise a family with her husband, the late Fred Sonic Smith from the mighty MC5. Now back in New York and touring the world with her most recent album Banga Patti is far from retiring: her many projects include a mystery novel, a film, a screenplay, plus another book the followup to Just Kids. Plus there s Patti Smith: Camera Solo an exhibit of her own photography and installation work, a rare glimpse into Patti s personal worl