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On May 3, 2011, it was announced that Patti Smith is one of the winners of the Polar Music Prize: " By devoting her life to art in all its forms, Patti Smith has demonstrated how much rock ’ n ' roll there is in poetry and how much poetry there is in rock ’ n ' roll.

Patti Smith is a Rimbaud with Marshall amps.

She has transformed the way an entire generation looks, thinks and dreams.

With her inimitable soul of an artist, Patti Smith proves over and over again that people have the power.