Little Happier: Patti Smith and the Haircut that Changed Her Life
Happier with Gretchen Rubin
Lemonada Media
4.7 • 13.2K Ratings
🗓️ 6 February 2023
⏱️ 4 minutes
🧾️ Download transcript
Summary
Transcript
Click on a timestamp to play from that location
| 0:00.0 | Monso Business Banking. It just works. So you can too. Join businesses like Target |
| 0:05.7 | to Wishing by opening a Monso Business account. |
| 0:07.7 | What I love about Monso Business account is how easy everything is. It can be filtered, |
| 0:13.1 | it can be tagged. We thought we'd have to manage our business around our banks, but that's |
| 0:17.3 | not the case for Monso. |
| 0:18.4 | My name is Shun. I am the Founder of Target Trition. |
| 0:21.6 | Apply in minutes at Monso.com slash business. To apply you must be a sole trader or director |
| 0:26.6 | of a limited company, UK Businesses Only, terms and conditions apply. |
| 0:30.3 | I'm Gretchen Rubin and this is a little happier. This story doesn't make me happier, exactly, |
| 0:38.0 | but sometimes in a story or in life, some small, seemingly insignificant detail or anecdote |
| 0:45.7 | will suggest to me some deep truth about human nature. Encountering this kind of revelatory |
| 0:51.8 | detail always brings me a beautiful sense of elevation. |
| 0:57.0 | I came across an anecdote like this years ago when I was reading the brilliant award-winning |
| 1:02.0 | best-selling memoir Just Kids by the writer, musician and artist, Patty Smith. There's |
| 1:09.0 | one curious little story that particularly sticks out in my mind. |
| 1:16.1 | Patty Smith is in her early 20s. She gone with Robert Maplethorpe to see the rushes |
| 1:20.5 | of the movie trash and she reports that as she was leaving, she spoke to Fred Hughes, |
| 1:25.7 | who managed Andy Warhol's factory for Andy Warhol. |
| 1:30.1 | Hughes said to her in a condescending voice, oh, your hair is very Joan Baez. Are you a |
| 1:36.9 | folk singer? |
| 1:39.5 | Patty Smith writes that even though she admired Joan Baez, she was annoyed by his comment. |
| 1:45.6 | One nights later, when she was ruminating over bothersome things, she recalled what Fred |
... |
Please login to see the full transcript.
Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Lemonada Media, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.
Generated transcripts are the property of Lemonada Media and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.
Copyright © Tapesearch 2026.

