Patti Smith Quotes

I quite like being old.

To me, growing old is great. It's the very best thing - considering the alternative.

It's a good thing to be old. Because when you get older, that means you haven't died yet, right? And when I do get older, I want to have the grace to be proud of it, not to lie about it or try to fight it.

I'm interested in playing old ladies because I am becoming one. And I want to become a very good one!

I've finally become an old guy.

I don’t like getting old at all, but then again, who does?

Aging is interesting, you know? I really love it.

I think being able to age gracefully is a very important talent. It is too late for me.

I am a grandmother now, and that means age is creeping on, creeping on.

Growing old has been the greatest surprise of my life.

Growing older doesn't bother me.

I'm passionate about old people because I am one myself.

Age is not a particularly interesting subject. Anyone can get old. All you have to do is live long enough.

That's the privilege of old age: You don't have to remember.

I've been writing about growing old for some time, really from the beginning of my career. It's something I'm apparently hung up about and now that I am old, hopefully I speak about it with some authority.

I am in the prime of my senility.

I am no more young. So there is no harm in playing an elderly role.

Being old is such a treat!

I think I'd like to be one of those eccentric 80-year-old women.

Old age has its pleasures, which, though different, are not less than the pleasures of youth.

I am an old geezer: a grandpa kind of a guy. I was born October 19, 1931. I have gray hair, a beard, and a little pot belly. I have two children who are over 30 years old and a sweet little granddaughter who is 11 years old.

The fear of old age is something that one feels when they're younger. Once you get to being old, you're already there, so you don't even think about it anymore.

Few people know how to be old.

How are we supposed to get old? What am I supposed to do? Am I supposed to get old? My kids tell me, 'We want you to look like a grandmother.' I agree with them. I want to look like a grandmother.

I've played Big Bird for over half my life, and now I'm in my 80s. It does feel older than 79. Someone said it's just a number, and I said, 'No, I genuinely feel older.'