Patti Smith

I think it was his, you know, where he, it really helped, you know, launch his work into the public consciousness world.

And so we were both very happy about that.

And the funniest thing and sort of the sweetest thing was when I started performing after the record came out, I would go to clubs anywhere.

It could be Denmark.

It could be in Youngstown, Ohio.

And I would come on stage and at least half of the kids had white shirts and black ties on.

It was kind of cool.

We all had suddenly turned Catholic.

Everybody can see she's got big s*** on her.

But hands off.

Let the girl do her work.

If there's going to be any grab-assing around here, grab mine, Steve.

You look, but don't you touch.

There's no way in hell that you're going to talk to her.

If you even think about seeing Lula, you're dead.

What?

You heard me.

And don't you ever call here again.

What is something that you asked her on these walks that you don't think you otherwise might have asked her that was important for you to hear about?

Well, my mom says, we both thought I was dying, so we spilled the beans.