Patti Smith and Neil Young

I had to post this amazing photo of Patti Smith and Neil Young taken at BookExpo America yesterday where Patti conversed on stage with Neil about his forthcoming memoir (out in October), Waging Heavy Peace. My favourite part (courtesy of a report from The New Yorker) is this wonderful exchange when Patti and Neil compare their books (Patti's being the fantastic Just Kids):

Patti: Our books are very different but I think there’s something about them that’s similar. Neither was written vindictively or to settle a score. Both were written humanistically.

Neil: I think they actually are quite similar. I’m a highway and landscapes. You’re a city and painted bricks and lots of people. I’m travelling and you are, too, but I’m on the road and you’re travelling down streets. 
                         

Wow. Beautiful. I really can't wait to read Waging Heavy Peace.