Re: Patti wins French Award

["PageRox" <PageRox93>]

Cool, Amy, thanks for this link!
Seems Patti WAS ahead of her time, and its catching up with her in a positive
way.
I'm happy about that--who needs the RnR hall of flame anyway?! :P

Thanks for the news!
XO-Glenna
  ----- Original Message -----
  From: Amy Edge
  To: babel-list
  Sent: Sunday, July 10, 2005 2:17 PM
  Subject: Patti wins French Award


  U.S. punk rocker Patti Smith received one of France's top cultural honors
on
  Sunday.

  Smith, 58, was presented with the insignia of Commander of the Order of the
  Arts and Letters by Culture Minister Renaud Donnedieu de Vabres.

  The ministry, in a statement, noted Smith's appreciation for 19th century
  French poet Arthur Rimbaud, and praised her as "one of the most influential
  artists in women's rock 'n' roll."

  Speaking to The Associated Press at an AIDS benefit concert in southwestern
  Paris, where she received the award Sunday, Smith said she accepted the
  award "from the most spiritual side of me."

  "I have vowed to live up to this honor in my work and my conduct," she
said.
  "I can't explain what I feel like. It has uplifted me, and I will work very
  hard to earn it."

  In an interview published Sunday in Le Parisien Dimanche weekly, Smith said
  she hoped to record a new album including hits from artists like Bob Dylan,
  the Grateful Dead and late French diva Edith Piaf.



  There's a nice photo with the AP report.


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