"The idea of redemption is always good news, even if it means sacrifice or some difficult times." ― Patti Smith Topic(s): Good More From Patti Smith "I came into music because I thought the presentation of poetry wasn’t vibrant enough. So I merged improvised poetry with basic rock chords." "I’ve always looked the same. Since I was a child, I hated having to deal with my hair. I hated having to change my clothes. As a kid, I had a sailor shirt and the same old corduroy pants, and that’s what I wanted to wear everyday." "To me, punk rock is the freedom to create, freedom to be successful, freedom to not be successful, freedom to be who you are. It’s freedom." More In Good "A man, to be greatly good, must imagine intensely and comprehensively; he must put himself in the place of another and of many others; the pains and pleasures of his species must become his own."― Percy Bysshe Shelley "A good athlete always mentally replays a competition over and over, even in victory, to see what might be done to improve the performance the next time."― Frank Shorter "The good ended happily, and the bad unhappily. That is what fiction means."― Oscar Wilde