• I had a really happy childhood - my siblings were great, my mother was very fanciful, and I loved to read. But there was always financial strife.

    Patti Smith: I had a really happy childhood - my siblings were great, my mother was very fanciful, and I loved to read. But there was always financial strife.
    "'Even as a child, I felt like an alien'". Interview with Simon Reynolds, www.theguardian.com. May 22, 2005.