Good news doesn't necessarily have to be a positive thing. Bringing good news is imparting hope to one's fellow man.
Patti SmithPeople came at me with all sorts of offers, wanting to make me into a hard-core Cher. I had no desire for any amount of money to be reformed for someone's vision, because in the end, that's what you got: your clay in someone else's hands.
Patti SmithWhen I was a teenager, I dreamed of being an opera singer like Maria Callas or a jazz singer like June Christy or Chris Connor, or approaching songs with the kind of mystical lethargy of Billie Holiday, or championing the downtrodden like Lotte Lenya. But I never dreamed of singing in a rock-and-roll band.
Patti SmithPeople need space to air out their thoughts, to have a sense of themselves - unfettered by anything.
Patti Smith