Appropriately enough, Wednesday night's benefit tribute concert at New York's Carnegie Hall in honor of pioneering musician, author and icon Patti Smith began with a poem. Not just any poem: It was the first one she set to music,

The Music of Patti Smith also featured Sharon Van Etten, Angel Olsen, Interpol’s Paul Banks, Kim Gordon, Jesse Malin, Glen Hansard, and more.

"If I had sung this song, it would not have been a hit" Springsteen says, before passionate performance of Because The Night at Patti Smith tribute gig in NYC