Quest for Craft: Season 1 | Chapter 3: Patti Smith

Chapter 3, Craft and Time with Patti Smith - Questlove and Patti Smith delve into the topic of time as Patti reflects upon her time with Electric Lady Studios, from attending the opening party to going on to record many of her albums at the legendary studio.
Quest for Craft, a web series from The Balvenie and Questlove, is now live on our KZbin channel. Subscribe now to watch the chapters as they release this fall. The Balvenie has been perfecting the craft of whisky making for nearly 130 years and, throughout that period, has remained fascinated by the creative processes, often-obsessive human attributes and deep intrinsic values that elevate something from great to exceptional. That journey embarks on a new frontier with the arrival of Quest for Craft: Season One: a disquisitive new digital series exploring the convergence of craft and creativity, hosted by bestselling author, cultural icon and scholar of creativity Questlove.
Quest for Craft explores modern creativity between the lines through compelling creators that pour their hearts into what they do. The series, filmed in the iconic Electric Lady Studios, centers around four of the most creative minds, SNL comedian Michael Che, legendary GRAMMY Award winning music producer Jimmy Jam, punk-rock icon Patti Smith, and prolific author Malcolm Gladwell, as Questlove opens conversational passageways to their creative processes, inspirations and aspirations over four compelling episodes. Each chapter also includes films, animations and other cinematic rabbit holes undertaken in search of answers that illuminate the journey of ultimate craftsmanship.
Additional Credits:
Wardrobe by Rebecca Pietri
Makeup by Maria Scali
Hair by Kailie Joe
Thanks to the Lambs Foundation and the Players Foundation for use of portraits from their historical collections.
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[@groupie-9963]

this is Patti Smith. this is the greatest teacher I’ve never met. no gods. no masters. “hooray I wake from yesterday”

[@nomadgical]

She is truly amazing, at every turn.

[@wellpowercoaching721]

...there is no one like her. When the world is wearing me down, I look to her. Thanks for this great interview, wish the edit was longer!

[@famousj525]

Excellent interview. I love when artists can do interesting avant-garde work without being loopy/spacey or struggling to sound profound in real life. It's much easier to take their work seriously.

[@peanutlucy1]

Wonderful interview with a truly wonderful artist! Love her! A real fine human, honest and real!

[@lauram5846]

Patti is one of the wisest souls and best artists on planet earth. I have come to admire and appreciate her even more as she as beautifully aged. Just Kids is by far one of the best books I've ever read. There's a certain magic I feel every time I'm within the pages of that book.Thanks for this great interview which makes her shine.

[@branttheojackson6045]

Hello 🥰👋

[@MrJthomas70]

Good Stuff. Patti Smith has always been at the forefront of adversities, and alternative peaks n valleys.

[@MaryLonerganArt]

The GREATEST!!! What a wonderful interview, thank you Questlove!

[@anachavez6795]

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[@LuaBloe]

'Just Kids' is one of my favorite books ever. I read it every summer :)

[@mrs0rochester]

It’s definitely one of those books you can read over and over again.

[@Kord8peas]

I read Just Kids during our Lockdown of 2020

[@gpeddino]

“Just Kids” is a masterpiece.

[@Luke-cp2jz]

Currently reading and it is the most beautiful book I’ve ever read aside from Frankenstein. Was a fan of Patti’s since I first heard Horses but the way she so beautiful writes every sentence captivated me so easily. I’ve read it for hours and the writing keeps me going.

[@gpeddino]

@@Luke-cp2jz It's literally the book that sits on my nightstand. Sometimes I'll just open it randomly and read a few pages. It's pure poetry.

[@emiliagabriela2219]

💙 !

[@georgelair1919]

H uh

[@chriscavanagh9783]

I found out about this series hearing promos for it on Malcolm Gladwell's podcast, Revisionist History. I just watched the Gladwell episode and this episode -- LOVE this series. LOVE IT. So well done, of course -- thoughtful... just terrific.

[@GirlNamedNino]

“Art exists in more than one time at the same time. By digging into the past, by digging out space for the future, we craft better work in the present” Questlove 🔥

[@byHexted]

Wow what a dope combination! Never would’ve expected this conversation but I need to see this one I love Patti Smith! And The Roots!

[@nikaprusnik]

This is truly a gift. Thank you.

[@djshiva]

Damn, that last part about being alive. Wow. Yeah.

[@srvsgal]

Excellent. Love Patti.

[@angel_pradol9662]

This was just beautiful!! Thank you both!!

[@d2d2d28]

Loved this!

[@miarrem]

Hope in mourning, how true for the present time

[@jonathanbyrdmusic]

She’s badass.

[@PDZ1028]

"Hooray I wake from yesterday...." Jimi Hendrix....as recalled by Patti Smith.

[@cafeAmericano]

Good interview. Decent nuggets of information and wisdom from both sides. Apart from the gratuitous swinging of your whiskey brand. Killed the flow of conversation.

[@yagirldjmagic]

I'm in love with this series! Looks awesome

[@PrudencePuddleduck]

The Real Deal and in my lifetime! I admire this fabulous human beyond words. xoxoxo

[@claw47]

Wow, what a beautiful commercial. I want to drink now. I have associated art with this wonderful, classic beverage. Art is profit. Thank you, Raw Craft.

[@byHexted]

God she has such an amazing mind. Anytime I hear her speak, she always has such poignant things to say. She clearly spends a lot of time thinking about these things

[@jamesrupp479]

LOVE IT 💙

[@Matthew8473]

The deep influence of this material is evident. A book I read with similar insights was a journey of enlightenment and self-discovery. "Temporal Echoes: Amelia's Odyssey Through Ancestral Shadows" by Vivian Rosewood

[@wetterick]

gosh she’s amazing

[@Xxxxxrrr6464]

Thanks Patti

[@carolinehebel8649]

I love Patty Smith she is a great poet !

[@branttheojackson6045]

Hello 🥰👋

[@cynthiafritze7418]

I love this. Thank you for this

[@Xxxxxrrr6464]

Thanks quest

[@jkf9167]

Lovely. Thank you.

[@annamolinari2041]

"I felt privileged"

[@branttheojackson6045]

Hello 🥰👋

[@billnelson9413]

Patti!

[@mrdhilton]

This is fantastic.

[@vpisani]

That was beautiful!

[@Mainecoonlady.]

Micky singing. He’s the only one left. RIP Mikey❤️

[@jenniferthompson4270]

❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@RJUSA]

You go cousin ! :)

[@amyblumenreder3242]

I love this so much❣️Thank you!

[@branttheojackson6045]

Hello 🥰👋

[@MrCoconutcat]

Were just in the middle cusp of the future where misuse of everything is happening at an abundance but atleast we always have a better tomorrow

[@NDILHM.X]

Nice one 💕

[@gr_illa]

Lovely.

[@yougotgroove]

Two in tape! Nuff said

[@erwanillian2455]

Ever present.

[@Hospitaller]

Wish Tony were still around to do these…

[@nomadgical]

Ahhh, you weren't listening to Patti's thoughts about life. Tony is still with us all. Quest also brings perspective worthy of the same reverence.

[@JohnSmith-nf8bi]

😎

[@levertmann]

Not a fan of the lighting on this one. But Patty Smith is a fkn legend!!

[@ravynkat]

*goddess*

[@thicccorgi6187]

[@Highvibin213]

😭

[@xsarx]

10:25

[@dianavo7281]

Chi Judy noi dung for qui vi oi

[@branttheojackson6045]

Hello 🥰👋

[@TopRxchy]

Jesus loves you.

[@papichefitup]

More Patti less art talk

[@jeffreystroman2811]

From your energetic performance at HMV records to this video I've been listening to a reflection of my life through your art quest love. What does concern me is when our lives through art is used to prop up false narratives if by nothing else our silence. Biden may very well bring the world to nuclear holocaust the same way, as head puppet when the person we were told was the destroyer of worlds, Trump, put himself out there to prevent nuclear war (literally when visiting North Korea) the stakes are too high brother to allow uncomfortable silence be the permission slip for the devil. God willing it's not too late and we'll have another chance to put ourselves out there like Mr president Trump did, for us.

[@foxandscout]

There is no god, but if there’s a devil, Trump surely was and is that. Instead of commenting on Patti and this conversation, you spout nonsense.

[@nomadgical]

What does any of what you said have to do with, well, anything? The world has moved on from the Clown Prince of Manhattan. You should too

[@michelebella677]

Are you seriously talking about Trump and Biden on a video that has absolutely nothing to do with that at all? Can you not just appreciate something without bringing political commentary into it? For Christs’ sake.