I have never liked Morrissey, and I still don't. I think it's hilarious, actually, what things I've heard about him, what he's really like, and his public persona is so different. He's such an actor.

See the ridiculous in everything.

I think the rock'n'roll myth of living on the edge is a pile of crap.

My whole life I've played music for my own personal enjoyment and the idea of it becoming a machine or a business is just horrible.

There may be said to be three sorts of lawyers, able, unable, and lamentable.

I honestly don't class myself as a songwriter. I've got 'musician' written on my passport. That's even funnier.

There were only two times in my life when I've actually felt down about things and gotten myself into a full mental mess. One of the times was in 1982. I had a horrible time for a few months and felt pretty desperate. Then again in 1984, for various reasons, not all of them within my control. Since then, I just wander in and out of black moods.