Patti Smith and David Lynch Interview Each Other About Pussy Riot, "Twin Peaks" on BBC TV Show

In a segment this week for BBC Two “Newsnight”‘s Encounters series, in which notable figures interview each other, Patti Smith and David Lynch discussed a number of topics. Aside from Lynch’s “Twin Peaks” and Blue Velvet, they also talked about Pussy Riot. Watch the whole segment below, via NME.  

“This is something that goes back to biblical times,” she said. “This kind of oppression and this kind of misunderstanding, taking young girls who have families and have hopes and dreams and putting them in prison for issuing a teenage prayer, really.”

Of her interaction with Pussy Riot’s Nadezhda Tolokonnikova and Maria Alyokhina, she said: “One of the things they were saying to me was ‘Everyone wants us to speak to them but what are we supposed to say?’ And I said, ‘You should say that we are all you because of our beliefs, our belief system or trying to say something new, to speak out against our governments or even our churches, or corporations. We are all potentially in danger. Speak to a younger generation to think for themselves.’

“These girls did something absolutely original. As even a mother or a grandmother, they are in my prayers.”

Read “The Musical Legacy of Twin Peaks”, which looks at the musical influence of Lynch’s show. 

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