"I looked at myself in the mirror over the sink. I realized that I hadn't cut my hair any different since I was a teenager. I sat on the floor and spread out the few rock magazines I had. I usually bought them to get any new picture of Bob Dylan, but it wasn't Bob I was looking for. I cut out all the pictures I could find of Keith Richards. I studied them for a while and took up the scissors, manchete-ing my way out of era. I washed my hair in the hallway bathroom and shook it dry. It was a liberating experience."
PATTI SMITH
(Patti Smith, Just Kids, Bloomsbury Publishung, London, 2010)
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