#ways

I had a really happy childhood - my siblings were great, my mother was very fanciful, and I loved to read. But there was always financial strife. ↗

— Patti Smith

#childhood #fanciful #financial #great #had

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. ↗

— Patti Smith

#change #child #clothes #deal #everyday

I've always thrived on the encouragement of others. ↗

— Patti Smith

#encouragement #i #others #thrived

Sure I destroyed my guitar at every concert, but it was okay, because I'd always get a shiny new one the very next day. ↗

— Patti Smith

#because #concert #day #destroyed #every

What I say should always be prefaced with this: I'm not really politically articulate. I just try to be like Thomas Paine: what is common sense? So when I say these things to you, I am speaking from a humanist point of view. I just look around and see what's wrong. ↗

— Patti Smith

#am #around #articulate #common #common sense

I've always spent more time with a smile on my face than not, but the thing is, I don't write about it. ↗

— Robert Smith

#about #always #face #i #more

It has always seemed slightly uncomfortable, the idea of politicised musicians. Very few of them are clever enough to do it; if they're good at the political side, the music side suffers, and vice versa. ↗

— Robert Smith

#clever #enough #few #good #idea

Most men have always wanted as much as they could get; and possession has always blunted the fine edge of their altruism. ↗

— Katherine Fullerton Gerould

#always #blunted #could #edge #fine

I've always been fascinated by weather. ↗

— Shepard Smith

#been #fascinated #i #weather

Justice must always question itself, just as society can exist only by means of the work it does on itself and on its institutions. ↗

— Michel Foucault

#does #exist #institutions #itself #just