Music legend Patti Smith tells today’s cool kids NYC will do nothing for you, try Detroit
Detroit legend Patti Smith is telling young artists not to flock to New York anymore. Places like Detroit are the places to make your mark. Thank you, Patti.
Excerpt:
Smith told the crowd, “New York has closed itself off to the young and
the struggling. But there are other cities. Detroit. Poughkeepsie. New
York City has been taken away from you. So my advice is: Find a new
city.”
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